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1[[center:[-[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Main Character Index]] | '''The Rebellion''' ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerAdora Adora]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerGlimmer Glimmer]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheHorde The Horde]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra Catra]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordak Hordak]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerShadowWeaver Shadow Weaver]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerHordePrime Horde Prime]]) | [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerOtherGroups Other Groups]] ([[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerEntrapta Entrapta]], [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]])-]]]
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5!The Rebellion
6The heroes of the series. A resistance force dedicated to freeing Etheria from the Horde, led by Queen Angella and the forces of Bright Moon.
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8[[folder:General]]
9[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/she_ra_rebellion.jpg]]
10[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Sea Hawk, Spinnerella, Netossa, Bow, She-Ra, Glimmer, Frosta, Perfuma, Mermista]]
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12* TheAlliance: They are an alliance of free kingdoms and anti-Horde rebel cells unified to defeat the Horde.
13* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: Most of the lands under the control of the princesses have this aesthetic, in sharp contrast to the Horde's dark industrial aesthetic.
14* LaResistance: They're the main resistance group that stands up to the Horde.
15* LegacyTeam: The Rebellion, specifically the Princess Alliance, is formed, among others, from the daughters of those who formed the first Rebellion.
16* LosingTheTeamSpirit: The Rebellion gave up after the battle that got Glimmer's father killed. Much of the first season is the Best Friends Squad trying to regain support from the original Rebellion's kids. [[spoiler:When Entrapta is apparently killed, everyone breaks up again. The battle of Bright Moon brings them back together again.]]
17* MeaningfulName: You can tell what most of the princesses' powers or abilities are just by their names alone.
18* NiceGuy: With the exception of [[spoiler:[[BitchInSheepsClothing Flutterina]]]], everyone on the Rebellion is kindhearted, friendly, and amicable, with even the worst of them being JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
19* UndyingLoyalty: While they initially band together simply because they're convinced by She-Ra, they're committed to the cause and undoubtedly ready to put their lives at risk for a fellow member of the Alliance. [[spoiler:Not even Adora losing her powers in Season 5 breaks their faith in her, and they'd follow her in the heat of the battle without thinking about it twice.]]
20[[/folder]]
21
22!Leadership
23[[folder:Queen Angella]]
24!!'''Queen Angella of Bright Moon'''
25!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ReshmaShetty (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Rommy Mendoza (Latin American Spanish), Yasuko Fujino (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
26[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queen_angella.png]]
27->''"Take care of each other."''
28
29Queen Angella is the immortal queen of Bright Moon and the leader of the Rebellion. Still emotionally shaken by the death of her husband and jaded by the Rebellion's past failures, Queen Angella has become incredibly protective of her daughter Glimmer, which often causes tension in their relationship.
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31* AffectionateNickname: "Angie" by Micah.
32* AngerBornOfWorry: A lot of her friction with Glimmer stems from her worry over her daughter's habit of throwing herself into dangerous situations with little planning.
33* BarrierWarrior: Though she can also fire [[HandBlast energy blasts from her hands]], her most used power is the ability to form energy shields around herself that can emit shockwaves for offense.
34* BigGood: Co-Founder of the rebellion, queen of its HQ in Bright Moon, and the one [[TheHero Adora]] becomes loyal to after becoming She-Ra.
35* BritishStuffiness: Unlike any other characters seen in the show so far (including her own daughter), Angella has a British accent. Going along with the trope, she's quite proper and reserved.
36* BrokenBird: She's still shaken about the death of her husband (which was likely years ago), and is jaded about the Rebellion's failures.
37* CharacterDevelopment: Angella is initially a very strict and overprotective parent who's reluctant to let Glimmer participate in the rebellion, much to Glimmer's dismay. As the season goes on, Angella grows to trust Glimmer with more and more responsibility, to the point of giving her King Micah's staff during the Horde's invasion of Bright Moon.
38* DemotedToExtra: She's a major character in Season 1, but in Season 2 she barely appears. She's back in the limelight in a big way in Season 3.
39* {{Flight}}: Thanks to her wings, she can fly.
40* GoToYourRoom: Invoked in the first episode where she angrily sends her daughter to her room for arguing with her in front of her guards.
41* GoodCounterpart: To Shadow Weaver. She is an angel-themed loving, if an overbearing, mother with a troubled relationship with her daughter, in contrast to Shadow Weaver being a DarkIsEvil character and an outright abusive parent. ''Beacon'' makes it especially clear with Angella and Glimmer repairing their relationship being juxtaposed with Shadow Weaver ruining the last chance to reconcile with Catra. Taken even further in Season 3, as Shadow Weaver [[spoiler:becomes more present in the plot, siding with the Rebellion, but still refuses to acknowledge her own past actions and admits she's only on the Rebellion's side because she wants revenge on Hordak]], while Queen Angella [[spoiler:has a knock-down drag-out argument with her daughter, then recognizes her error, gives up her fake 'perfect life' to go after Glimmer, saves Adora's life, and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices herself]] to close the portal that was destroying the pocket universe. Which, by the end of the series, makes her KilledOffForReal.]]
42* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Present throughout her design -- her skin, the undertones of her hair, her pants, and her boots are all shades of lavender. Fitting for the graceful, feminine queen of Bright Moon.
43* HairTriggerTemper: Calm and regal she may be, but almost every conversation she has with Glimmer has her get angry very quickly.
44* HeroicSacrifice: In the Season 3 finale, she willingly sacrifices herself to [[spoiler:prevent Etheria from being destroyed by Hordak's portal machine to his own dimension, via grabbing She-Ra's sword from the portal entrance. This causes the portal to collapse and traps her between Despondos and the Universe.]]
45* TheHighQueen: The calm, regal, beautiful, immortal Queen of Bright Moon.
46* ILetGwenStacyDie: "The Beacon" reveals that she was responsible for her husband's death, as she ordered the battle in which he died, [[spoiler:though it was revealed in Season 4 that he survived and was exiled to Beast Island by the Horde.]] She still feels guilty about this.
47* {{Immortality}}: Glimmer and Castaspella mention than Angella is immortal. In this context, the queen is "immortal" in the sense that [[TheAgeless she can be killed, but she can't age]].
48* InexplicablyAwesome: She is a beautiful, eight-foot tall angelic being whose immortality is frequently brought up multiple times as something that is not normal. We never get an explanation as to [[RiddleForTheAges where she came from or for how long she has ruled over Bright Moon]] [[spoiler:and we never will since by the series finale [[KilledOffForReal she is still lost in-between Despondos and the wider universe]]]].
49* InformedAttribute: Bow describes her as being extremely knowledgeable of First Ones tech. She displays a little bit of knowledge of the Sword and of She-Ra, both of which are more or less commonly known legends in Eternia, and that's that. For the rest of the show, the specialist in First Ones tech is Entrapta.
50* InsecureLoveInterest: Angella thinks of herself as a coward while stating Micah was the opposite, and [[ILetGwenStacyDie blames]] herself for his death.
51* InterspeciesRomance: Her (an immortal angel) and Micah (a human spellcaster).
52* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Angella is stuffy, quick to anger, as well as somewhat standoffish and detached, but is extremely protective and devoted to her daughter and her people.
53* KilledOffForReal: In a way -- [[spoiler:with Angella "just" being trapped in between dimensions and not having actually died the showrunners could've easily justified bringing her back at some point before the series' conclusion, but chose not to go that route; Angella's heroic sacrifice stuck and she truly is gone forever]].
54* LastRequest: [[spoiler: "Take care of each other". However, Adora reinterprets her last words as "take care of Glimmer" and later "take care of everyone", fueling her MartyrComplex.]]
55* LightEmUp: Like Glimmer, Angella derives her powers from the Moonstone.
56* LightIsGood: She's an angelic being with light powers who is TheHighQueen of Bright Moon.
57* MamaBear: To Glimmer. One of the reasons she really agrees to let Adora into the Rebellion was because her love for her daughter outweighed some of the other concerns about Adora's past.
58* MayflyDecemberRomance: She's immortal, her husband apparently was not, even discounting his death in battle.
59* TheMourningAfter: She is still mourning the [[spoiler:presumed]] death of her husband, years after it happened. When Adora meets her in "Flowers for She-Ra", she is looking at Micah's portrait and seems to do this whenever she can't sleep and is very sensitive about people sitting in the chair where he was supposed to sit.
60* MyGreatestFailure: The reason her husband's dead is because she was the one who sent him out in the attack that broke up the Princess Alliance and was the cause of his death. She tells Glimmer this is the reason why she's so protective of her. She also admits that she regrets that her grief over Micah's death led her to neglect her duties and cause the original Princess Alliance to break up something she tells Glimmer to not do when her own daughter is in despair over the current Alliance breaking apart.
61* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale, Angella willingly closes the portal threatening to destroy Etheria trapping her between dimensions, meaning she never properly reconciles with Glimmer for their last fight. Tragically it's also revealed that Micah [[NotQuiteDead was alive on Beast Island]] the entire time in Season 4 and she dies never knowing [[StarCrossedLovers that her husband was still alive.]] It's is downplayed slightly though since she got to spend time with her husband and daughter in the [[LotusEaterMachine portal world]] and it is established that people remember what happened during that time so she did get to say goodbye to her family there before the end.]]
62* ObnoxiousInLaws: If Castaspella's ranting is to be believed, Angella is haughty and condescending to her sister-in-law. The opening of Season 2 at least proves that, yeah, they can't stand one another, though Season 3 shows they can get over their differences and work together [[spoiler:to interrogate Shadow Weaver]].
63* ParentalSubstitute: By Season 3, Angella has become a mother figure to Adora, with Angella being similarly overprotective of Adora as she is of Glimmer. [[spoiler:Which makes her HeroicSacrifice all the more tragic.]]
64* ParentsAsPeople: Angella imposes high standards on Glimmer, but she's also struggling with the Rebellion and the guilt over her husband's death. [[spoiler:This ultimately prompts her HeroicSacrifice in Season 3 when she realizes how much she has to make up for.]]
65* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Accepts She-Ra into the Rebellion despite her past with the Horde, though she makes it clear that it's initially only because Glimmer vouches for her. As a compromise, she makes Glimmer Adora's handler.
66* RebelLeader: In charge of the Rebellion.
67* ReluctantWarrior: Though reasonably powerful and a military commander, she credits her husband for her daughter's bravery, doesn't appear to own her own weapon, and spends the final battle in a purely defensive role. Even most of her commands to Adora and Glimmer have her telling them not to fight.
68* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The queen of Bright Moon and the leader of the Rebellion.
69* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:She really likes Bow, and sees him as a generally good influence on her rebellious daughter. Given Bow and Glimmer's RelationshipUpgrade at the series end, it looks like she knew it was gonna happen and approved.]]
70* StarcrossedLovers: [[spoiler:It is revealed in Season 4 that King Micah is actually alive and has been on Beast Island the entire time. Tragically however Micah is only rescued after Angella has performed her HeroicSacrifice in Season 3, permanently separating them]].
71* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Downplayed, as Micah was of average height for an adult man, she was simply taller.
72* ToughLeaderFacade: Angella exudes grace and dignity, and the biggest factor in Glimmer's [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl]] issues is how her mother seems to be perfection personified. Underneath, however, the Queen is struggling with grief over her husband, guilt that [[spoiler:she is responsible for his death]], fears losing her daughter and that the Rebellion is a lost cause.
73* VerbalTic: Her British accent causes her to pronounce her daughter Glimmer's name as "Glimmah".
74* WingedHumanoid: Has translucent feathered wings.
75[[/folder]]
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77[[folder:King Micah]]
78!!'''King Micah of Bright Moon'''
79!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanielDaeKim (adult), Creator/TaylorGray (child)
80[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kingmicah_shera.png]]
81[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his mural]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/micah_7.png [[/labelnote]]]]
82[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Young Micah]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/micah_from_she_ra_8.png[[/labelnote]]]]
83[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Current Micah]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/micah_3.png[[/labelnote]]]]
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85->'''Angella''': King Micah. My Husband. He built the Rebellion with me, and he was one of the first casualties of the Horde.
86
87The husband of Angella, father of Glimmer, and king of Bright Moon. He was a warrior monarch like his wife and a powerful spellcaster who studied in Mystacor under Shadow Weaver (known as Light Spinner at the time) during his youth. He had disappeared in battle and was presumed dead before the events of the show. [[spoiler:In Season 4 he is discovered alive, having been trapped on Beast Island for many years. He is rescued and rejoins the Rebellion.]]
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89* AdaptationOriginConnection: His original incarnation had no connection to Shadow Weaver like he does here nor did he have any known long standing trauma.
90* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[ChildProdigy Micah]] is implied to have been this to Castapella, and Shadow Weaver is able to provoke her anger by pointing this out. [[spoiler:In Season 5, the two siblings come to blows in "Failsafe" after Micah is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy chipped]], and while the fight is relatively even, Micah ultimately comes out on top.]]
91* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: [[spoiler:He spent just about all of Glimmer's life on Beast Island, and so is all too aware that he has no idea how to ''be'' a father. His attempts to practice with Frosta usually wind up landing in this trope.]]
92* BewareTheSuperman: [[spoiler:After he gets chipped, Micah starts using BlackMagic in his arsenal, which combined with his sheer raw power makes him by far the most dangerous of all of Horde Prime's chipped warriors. He becomes so strong that Glimmer is the only one powerful enough to stand against him and defeat him.]]
93* BigOlEyebrows: Micah has some thick, bushy eyebrows.
94* BlackMagic: [[spoiler:Proves fond of it after getting [[BrainwashedAndCrazy chipped]], having none of his normal self's ethical boundaries. It makes him by far the most powerful of the chipped heroes, easily defeating the other Rebellion members save for Glimmer.]]
95* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:In the middle of Season 5, he gets chipped and turned traitor until Entrapta finds a way to sever the chip's mind-control from Horde Prime's main base on Etheria.]]
96* BrickJoke: Remember when he kept asking to learn shapeshifting back in ''Light Spinner''? It turns out he learned how in ''Launch''.
97* BrilliantButLazy: A brilliant ChildProdigy, but had trouble sitting through Light Spinner's lessons, and kept asking to jump ahead to more advanced spells[[note]]possibly due to having mastered that level already - if you’re ready for algebra, having to sit through basic arithmetic would be boring and frustrating[[/note]].
98* BrokenPedestal: As a boy he clearly worshiped Light Spinner as his mentor. Her FaceHeelTurn into Shadow Weaver ruined their relationship to the point [[spoiler:he attacks her ''on sight'' when he returns from Beast Island.]]
99* CastingAShadow: [[spoiler:After getting [[BrainwashedAndCrazy chipped]], he starts using BlackMagic to do this, at one point manipulating his own shadow to form TendrilsOfDarkness to ensnare and immobilize the Rebellion members.]]
100* ChildProdigy: When young, he studied under Light Spinner, the most powerful spellcaster in the guild. Even she was amazed by what he could do and noted the boy was gifted.
101* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[spoiler:He exhibits significantly unusual mannerisms when Adora and Bow find him on Beast Island, due to [[GoMadFromTheIsolation the lack of human contact he's had.]] He mellows out a lot in Season 5, but still shows some quirk tendencies.]]
102* CoveredInScars: [[spoiler:After his time on Beast Island.]]
103* DeathByAdaptation: Micah in this continuity was presented as dead before the series began, [[spoiler:then subverted when it turns out he wasn't dead. The Horde just made him "disappear" by exiling him to Beast Island]].
104* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:He survived the horrors of Beast Island, all the while resisting its corruption, for somewhere near a ''decade'', because he always held out hope that he would be able to get back to Angella and Glimmer. It's only when he learns that Angella is gone that his determination falters and he finally succumbs.]]
105* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:Angella and Glimmer both end up missing him by inches. In Season 3, Angella flies away from him before he can tell her he's actually alive, then in the following season Glimmer teleports to the Fright Zone in the ''exact same second'' he returns to Bright Moon with Bow and Adora. ''Then'', by the time Glimmer returns from Horde captivity, he's been chipped by Spinnerella. It's not until the GrandFinale when dad and daughter finally get their true reunion.]]
106* DisappearedDad: To Glimmer, as he died in battle when she was young. [[spoiler:Turns out he was NotQuiteDead]].
107* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:To help Adora, Bow, and Entrapta to escape Etheria, he casts a spell that makes him a She-Ra disguise. The trap buys them the time they need.]]
108--> '''Micah''': Get my good side.
109* EvilSorcerer: [[spoiler:A completely unwilling example due to being BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, but when he confronts Glimmer he proves to be the single most powerful spellcaster in the series, a user of [[CastingAShadow shadow magic]], and extremely nasty due to [[DemonicPossession Horde Prime's possession]].]]
110* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed, but [[spoiler:being stuck on Beast Island for years without human contact gave him some weird mannerisms. He mellows out in Season 5]].
111* InterspeciesRomance: Him (a human spellcaster) and Angella (an immortal angel).
112* LikeParentLikeChild: Angella and Castapella both mention that Glimmer is starting to look more and more like Micah, both in appearance and personality.
113* TheLostLenore: Male example. Micah died in battle some time ago; this is mainly used to characterize his wife and daughter, both of whom were severely emotionally impacted by his death. [[spoiler:He's revealed to have survived in Season 4, and reunites with Glimmer at the end of Season 5.]]
114* MayflyDecemberRomance: He apparently wasn't immortal while Angella was, even discounting his death in battle.
115* MoralityPet: Surprisingly to Shadow Weaver. When she was Light Spinner, she positively doted on them, and even after her transformation when she attacks Mysticor's Magic Guild, all she does as she leaves is pat him on the head. [[spoiler:When the two are reunited in "Destiny, Part 2", the shock and relief in Shadow Weaver's voice is palpable. After Micah is chipped in Season Five, Shadow Weaver tells Castaspella that she wants to save Micah, saying that "I owe him that much".]]
116* OneDegreeOfSeparation: He studied under Shadow Weaver's former identity as Light Spinner.
117* TheOneGuy: [[spoiler:He is the only male member of Horde Prime's chipped warriors in Season 5, the others being all women.]]
118* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Once he gets chipped and becomes mind controlled by Horde Prime in Season 5, Shadow Weaver fears it will turn him into this. She points out that in terms of sheer magical power Micah dwarfs both Shadow Weaver and Castaspella, and under Horde Prime's influence Micah will have none of his usual restraint or ethics. She's right, as Micah becomes by far the most powerful of Prime's chipped enforcers, capable of defeating the entire rebellion by himself.]]
119* PlayingWithFire: Micah seems to specialize in this during combat. While chipped and mind-controlled by Horde Prime, he at first continues to use against the heroes, but later drops it in favor of CastingAShadow.
120* PosthumousCharacter: He died a long time ago, in the battle that the Rebellion lost and caused the original alliance to fall apart. Angella and Glimmer are still not quite over it. [[spoiler:The finale of Season 3, however, hints he may not be dead, and Season 4 confirms it.]]
121* PromotionToOpeningTitles: [[spoiler:Micah is added to the final group shot of the Season 5 opener]].
122* RaceLift: Like Castaspella, his appearance changed from generic European monarch to Etherian's equivalent of Asian, even casting Korean actor Daniel Dae Kim. His childhood [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/shera-and-the-princesses-of-power/images/3/3a/Screenshot_2019-04-30-03-46-44_kindlephoto-40551574.png/revision/latest?cb=20190430074757 hair style]] resembles that of an ancient Southeast Asian.
123* RedemptionDemotion: {{Inverted}}; [[spoiler:Micah becomes a ''lot'' more powerful after being chipped by the Horde, as his BrainwashedAndCrazy personality has none of his normal self's restrictions against using BlackMagic. In the FinalBattle, he incapacitates the ''entire Princess Alliance'' save for Glimmer with a single spell, then gives his daughter the fight of her life before she manages to overpower him.]]
124* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Downplayed, as he was of average height for an adult man, Angella was simply taller.
125* UnwittingPawn: Light Spinner manipulated him into helping her summon the entity that gave her shadow powers and disfigured her face.
126* WalkingShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:His shirt is long, long, gone by the time Adora and Bow find him on Beast Island. Though, he puts one on again once he has access to some new clothes.]]
127* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It's really hard to discuss his character in detail without the mid-Season 4 reveal that he's actually alive.]]
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder:The Current Queen (SPOILERS)]]
131!!'''Queen Glimmer of Bright Moon'''
132See [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerGlimmer Princess Glimmer]]
133[[/folder]]
134
135!Best Friends Squad
136
137[[folder:General]]
138[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/best_friends_squad.png]]
139[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for SPOILERS]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/season_5_best_freind_sqaud.png]][[/labelnote]]
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141* BadassCrew: A princess with teleporting powers, an ex-Horde soldier who can turn into the famed hero, and a skilled archer. [[spoiler:Season 5 sees them expand with an ex-horde Force Captain and skilled strategist.]]
142* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:It takes the loss of Angella, a lot of hard work from Double Trouble, the Horde going on a blitzkrieg offensive and the toxic influence of Shadow Weaver to do it, but over Season 4, a rift develops between Glimmer and the other two, culminating in them heading off to Beast Island to rescue Entrapta against her direct orders. There's hope for it, at least; Adora and Bow vow to rescue Glimmer from Horde Prime despite the tension between them, and Glimmer realizes during the Heart of Etheria fiasco how badly she messed up. The trio reconcile after Glimmer apologises for her actions and Bow forgives her.]]
143* FamilyOfChoice: They are more than just best friends to Adora; they’re her family, and perhaps the closest to a real family she’s ever known.
144* FighterMageThief: Glimmer is the mage, prioritizing her magic using light and teleportation. Adora is the fighter, wielding a sword and being the local powerhouse. Bow is the thief, due to his skills focusing on his dexterity and trickery with the bow.
145* FireForgedFriends:
146** Bow and Glimmer don't become fast friends with Adora, especially the latter, due to her being a Horde soldier at the time. However, upon Adora switching sides and saving a town from being taken by the Horde, they begin to see her as a friend.
147** [[spoiler:For most of the series Catra serves as their main adversary and she frequently tries to hurt them both emotionally and physically. However, after she risks her life to break Glimmer out of Horde Prime's ship the squad decides to rescue Catra in turn and they spend most of their time afterwards fighting Prime's forces together. By the series finale Catra becomes friends with all of them and is officially made a member of the squad.]]
148* FreudianTrio
149** Super-Ego: Adora, the archetypal hero always looking to do the right thing.
150** Ego: Bow is the more level-headed member of the group and TheHeart.
151** Id: Glimmer, the most intolerant to the frustration of the Trio.
152* OnlySaneMan: Bow is the most level-headed one, compared to Glimmer's impulsiveness and Adora's FishOutOfWater moments, though he has his moments of wackiness too.
153** [[spoiler:After her HeelFaceTurn, the brain cells are firmly in Catra's possession, and she's not amused.]]
154* SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Catra becomes this in Season 5. Though Bow and Glimmer realize this has happened fairly quickly, it's not until the climax that [[TheAtoner Catra]] fully accepts it.]]
155* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Though Bow is no slouch in a fight and Glimmer and Adora have proven to be capable strategists, Bow is also TheSmartGuy and OnlySaneMan while the two girls have innate magical skills.
156* TrueCompanions: Adora will protect the realm and her friends will protect her. Their bonds formed quickly, but those bonds were ''amazingly'' strong. [[spoiler:It's for this reason that [[BreakingTheFellowship Glimmer being split off from Adora and Bow]] in the fourth season is such a gut-punch, but it is worth noting that getting them to that state took [[MagnificentBastard Double Trouble's]] best efforts, combined with Shadow Weaver [[ManipulativeBitch doing what she does best]], combined with some extremely stressful situations, and even then, by the end of the season, all three still seem to want to fix it when they get the chance.]]
157* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: At least as far as the Best Friends Squad goes, though it can change depending on who joins them for adventure. [[spoiler:This dynamic is officially broken in Season 5 after Catra joins the squad adding a third girl to the team.]]
158* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Glimmer and Bow are childhood friends and form a [[FireForgedFriends fire-forged]] bond with Adora.
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160
161!!CharacterSpecificPages
162* '''[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerAdora Adora]]'''
163* '''[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerGlimmer Glimmer]]'''
164
165[[folder:Bow]]
166!!'''Bow, Master Archer'''
167!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MarcusScribner (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Arturo Castañeda (Latin American Spanish), Sho Okumura (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
168[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bowrender.png]]
169[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote:Click here to see Future Bow.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/futurebow.png]][[/labelnote]]
170->''"You say you're just ordinary people? I say you're warriors of The Rebellion!"''
171
172Bow is a highly-skilled archer and the Rebellion’s resident tech master. Driven by loyalty, Bow is dedicated to doing what’s right and will do everything he can to protect his friends in dangerous situations. Even complete strangers can count on him to stand up for what’s right.
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174* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original cartoon, he had red hair. Here, his hair is dark brown.
175* AmbiguouslyBi: He goes to Princess Prom with Perfuma, but seems ''really'' invested in getting Sea Hawk's approval when they first meet, to the point where it walks the fine line between mancrush and just plain crush. [[spoiler:At the end of the show, it's revealed that he is in love with Glimmer.]]
176* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Bow is the youngest of thirteen.
177* BadassBookworm: While not on Entrapta's level, Bow does show a talent when it comes to technology.
178* BadassNormal: He doesn't have any magic, but compensates with his skill with his bow and gadgets.
179* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Although Bow is the only male member of the PowerTrio, he is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide and serves as TheHeart of the team (a traditionally feminine role) in contrast to the tough warrior Adora and the headstrong and occasionally arrogant Glimmer. All of his outfits bare his midriff; even his space suit has a small belly window.
180* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bow is an extremely kind-hearted and honest person but is still a master archer not afraid to defend himself, his friends, or the innocent. He also isn't afraid to give WhatTheHellHero moments if needed.
181* BigBrotherInstinct: To Glimmer. When her power starts glitching out at random after the Black Garnet is supercharged, he can be seen sitting off to the side of her healing pod and staring at her with worry, which she quickly points out and he denies.
182* BlackAndNerdy: The Rebellion’s resident tech master and is of the Etherian equivalent of African descent.
183* BoringButPractical: Compared to [[MagicalGirlWarrior the other two]] Best Friends, Bow's ability is the least flashy of them all (no pun intended) and his combat capabilities don't particularly stand out much from other magically-superpowered members of the rebellion. However, his gift in technology and knowledge can be incredibly useful in the right situations, whether it be hacking, tactics, or making trick arrows and weaponry on the fly for the other rebels.
184* BrainyBrunette: Dark brown hair and a tech master.
185* CallingParentsByTheirName: Downplayed. Bow only refers to his fathers by their names to distinguish them from one another.
186* CampStraight: Second only to Sea Hawk in the camp department, but ends up with [[spoiler: Glimmer.]] May still have a crush on Sea Hawk, though.
187* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:The series finale has him undergo a RelationshipUpgrade with Glimmer, his childhood friend.]]
188* ClothingDamage: He rips off his cummerbund when dressing for a ball, though he decides to put it back on [[ExposedToTheElements after feeling how cold it is there]].
189* CulturedBadass: Tech expert, master of the bow and arrow, and can play the violin.
190* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:Bow loves Catra's little sneezes, finds the ears on her space helmet adorable, and he thinks she grows cuter when she's angry.]]
191* DarkAndTroubledPast: Discussed and subverted. Glimmer presumed Bow never talked about past or his family because it was painful and troubling to him. In reality, he comes from loving fathers but keeps his rebel life a secret, as he fears they would disapprove of it.
192* DubNameChange: His name is "Arco" in the European Spanish dub, "Flechdor"[[note]]from "flèche d'or", meaning Golden Arrow[[/note]] in the French dub, and "Arqueiro" in the Portuguese dub.
193* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Even though they can embarrass him, Bow will nonetheless protect his fathers when they might be in danger.
194* {{Fanboy}}: Both to Entrapta and Sea Hawk.
195* FamilyThemeNaming: Like his father Lance, Bow's named after a type of weapon.
196* GadgeteerGenius: Not on Entrapta's level, but Bow is the resident tech whiz and makes his own arsenal of {{Trick Arrow}}s.
197* TheHeart: Catra even calls him this. Everyone tends to like Bow and he tends to like almost everyone, and he often leaps in to talk down Glimmer and Adora when they get too emotional. It's notable that the episode that sees the pair most compromised by their emotional connections, "Princess Prom", sees him separated from them for most of the episode. Which is why he has a heart on his breastplate. [[spoiler:Deconstructed in Season 4 where due to Adora and Glimmer's relationship becoming strained, Bow tries his hardest to keep the peace between the best friend squad, before finally admitting to Sea Hawk that it is taking a lot out of him being the only one trying to keep their friendship from falling apart and that no one appreciates his efforts.]]
198* HeartSymbol: Bow wears heart symbols on his shirt and boots; his father, George, has a heart symbol t-shirt as well. He's also the literal [[TheHeart heart]] of the group.
199* HeroicBuild: Bow has a lithe, muscular figure and is one of the good guys.
200* {{Hypocrite}}: Bow showed a love of making bad puns in "Roll With It" but is embarrassed when his fathers do the same.
201* InterspeciesRomance: Downplayed with [[spoiler:Glimmer. Bow is a full human while Glimmer is half human and half angel]].
202* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Bow is a sensitive young man who likes cute things and is open about his emotions.
203* JockDadNerdSon: Inverted. He's a soldier while his fathers are historians.
204* LamePunReaction: Following the Horde's takeover, Lance and George left a dad joke in a note for Bow so that he can find them. It works, but he and Glimmer are... less than amused at the punchline.
205* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Glimmer. The two of them are very close and Bow hangs around Bright Moon frequently, but their relationship is very much like siblings as opposed to romantic. [[spoiler:Averted in Season 5, in which Bow and Glimmer profess their love for each other before the final battle with Hordak Prime.]]
206* LikeFatherLikeSon: He has a lot of his father George's personality. They're both dorks who share much of the same quirks. He shares his sense of humor, however, with his other father Lance.
207* LivingADoubleLife: Bow kept his rebel activities a secret from his fathers and pretended to be studying in a historian school.
208* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Bow has always served as this to Glimmer, to the point that she panics when he starts branching out with other friendships in "Princess Prom". [[spoiler:When a rift forms between them throughout season four, she does not take it well, highlighting the parallels between her and Catra.]]
209* LoveBubbles: Parodied. He defeats a robot able to create bubbles and the robot creates bright, shiny bubbles behind him at the same time people are amazed by his subsequent speech.
210* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: He shares this dynamic with Adora, though it's very {{downplayed}}. While Adora's go-to answer for complicated problems is "brute strength", he's likely to suggest a more thought-out approach. Adora even [[LampshadeHanging mentions it in Season 5]]: [[TheHeart Bow talks feelings]], she punches them.
211* MassiveNumberedSiblings: ''Thirteen'' siblings, according to Bow, and he's the youngest.
212* MasterArcher: His primary role in combat is to be an excellent shot with a bow and arrow.
213* MeaningfulName: Bow's main weapons include a ''bow'' and arrow.
214* MrFanservice: Wears an outfit that exposes his midriff and is quite strong and good-looking.
215* NiceGuy: In general, Bow is a friendly, caring, and thoughtful young man. He is the first to trust Adora, and even before that he helped her move through the forest when he and Glimmer had captured her.
216* TheNotLoveInterest: At the end of "Princess Prom," [[spoiler:he and Glimmer are abducted by Catra, who uses them to lure Adora to the Fright Zone.]]
217--> [[spoiler:'''Catra:''' (''looking at an image of Adora, Bow, and Glimmer resting together'') If you want to take down Adora, you've got to go for the heart.]]
218* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Bow and Glimmer become one at the end of the series, with the two declaring their love to each other during the final battle. A vision Adora sees in the Heart of Etheria shows a possible future where they got married at an unknown point.]]
219* TheOneGuy: Bow is the only leading male in cast mostly consisting of women. Furthermore, in the "Best Friend Squad" he is the only male in a group comprised of Adora, Glimmer, and [[spoiler:Catra]]. This is okay though because he's...
220* OneOfTheGirls: Several times Bow displays more emotions than the rest of the girls has interests in crafts and fashion and regularly tries to communicate rather than just out and out fight with people.
221* OnlyFriend: Before the reintegration of the Princess Alliance, he was this to Glimmer.
222* OnlySaneMan: There's some silliness to him as well, but he still tends to be the member of the team with the most common sense... usually. [[spoiler:Through Season 4, he tries mediating between Adora and Glimmer as their relationship gets increasingly fractured, actually managing to undo some of the strain Double Trouble puts on them. He generally succeeds, until things get too strained between them.]]
223* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
224** Bow, the [[TheHeart emotional center]] of the group, strong believer of ThePowerOfFriendship, and always the optimist ''angrily'' yells he doesn't care what Octavia does to him when he (with Sea Hawk and Swift Wind) is captured. That ''and'' doubting the bonds he has with Glimmer and Adora plus growing tired of trying to keep them together with little appreciation. Really shows how the two girls' fights have begin to wear on him.
225** If nothing else, you know Glimmer has gone too far, when Bow of all people snaps and calls her out on her behaviour.
226* PrimaryColorChampion: White and gold top and boots with red heart accents, and blue pants.
227* PromotedToLoveInterest: Zigzagged.
228** Inverted with Adora. In the original series, he was her love interest. Here, they are just close friends who develop a familial bond. This is due to Adora being a lesbian here, so she wouldn't be attracted to Bow anyway.
229** Played straight with [[spoiler:Glimmer]]. They were friends in the original but make a mutual LoveConfession in the show's series finale.
230* PungeonMaster: Bow makes a lot of puns in-character for "[[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS2E04RollWithIt Roll With It]]".
231* RaceLift: In the original series, Bow was a Caucasian red-haired guy. Here, he's dark-skinned with Afro-textured hair.
232* RedIsHeroic: Like his original incarnation, he's got red hearts as a motif.
233* TheReliableOne: Tied in with his characterization as TheHeart while everyone shows signs of fracturing over the various stresses they come under Bow doesn't. He's also the only one who's likely to pack binoculars in a scouting mission. [[spoiler:Until season 4 rolls around and he reveals how much this status is [[DeconstructedTrope wearing on him]].]]
234* RousingSpeech: Bow makes several of these throughout the series since he’s the only one with actual social skills, for example, he's able to get a group of cooks to [[[[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS1E06SystemFailure fight against a horde of robots]].
235--> '''Baker:''' But you're a master archer, we're just ordinary people.
236--> '''Bow:''' I'm a master archer who's out of arrows, but that never stopped me either. You each have a skill that only you can do, even if it doesn't come from some magical jewel. You say you're just ordinary people, I say you're warriors of the Rebellion!
237** [[spoiler:Bow takes advantage of Horde Prime's Spire's hologram systems to deliver one across Etheria.]]
238--> [[spoiler:'''Bow:''' Hey, everyone. I'm Bow. Prime is probably trying to get his channel back right now, so I have to make this quick. Prime's controlled the universe for a ''long'' time. Right now, we're the ''only'' thing standing in the way of him controlling it ''forever''. You might be feeling hopeless, you might be thinking "We don't stand a chance!" And maybe we don't. Prime's too strong, his army's too powerful. But that's ''not'' gonna stop us! We need to show Prime we're not afraid of him. Because we have each other! We have ''love''. We ''can't'' give up. And if we go down, we go down ''together''. We need you, ''all'' of you. It's time to take back our world. It's time to ''fight''. For She-Ra. For our homes! And for each other!]]
239* ShipperOnDeck: Subtle, but he (along with Glimmer) notices a lot of Catra and Adora's more intimate moments.
240* TheSmartGuy: He becomes the Rebellion’s resident tech master after [[spoiler:Entrapta defects to the Horde]]. He is capable of reverse-engineering the Horde's machines, crafts his own weaponry, and relies on tactics in battle since he doesn't have magic like most of the Rebellion's members.
241* StepfordSmiler: He pretends he wants to be a historian to please his fathers.
242* TaughtByExperience: Implied, as he mentions teaching himself archery.
243* TheTeamNormal: [[spoiler:Until Catra joins]], he's the only member of the Best Friend Squad without magical powers, and even [[spoiler:Catra has Melog]].
244* TrickArrow: Besides regular arrows, he does have some that allow him to hook onto objects and zipline across to get closer to an enemy. In System Failure, he shows off an assortment of arrows from smoke arrows to a sonic boom arrow. The mere existence of a ''magnifying glass arrow'' is enough to make Catra question how the Rebellion survived so long.
245* VocalEvolution: Bow's voice noticeably cracks towards the start of the series but gets lower towards the end. While his voice actor was capable of doing the same voice throughout the whole series, [[https://www.cbr.com/noelle-stevenson-she-ra-finale-hordak-kiss/ ND encouraged him in the final season]] to reflect his character's growth.
246* WeaksauceWeakness: At least according to Netossa, all you have to do to take out Bow is to cut his bowstring.
247* WellDoneSonGuy: The main reason he kept his Rebellion life a secret: He was afraid if he told his fathers, they would disappointed in him.
248* YoungestChildWins: Subverted. As the youngest, Bow's father are set to have him inherit their family archaeologist library, something they think he wants. However, Bow doesn't want to follow in their footsteps but is afraid to voice his true feelings.
249[[/folder]]
250
251!The Princess Alliance
252A group of magical princesses who lead the Rebellion and are founded by Adora and Glimmer.
253----
254[[folder:General]]
255* ActionGirl: Central concept of the show.
256* AmazonBrigade: There's a couple of token guys but the vast majority of the Princess Alliance is, as you'd expect, made up of a variety of butt-kicking ladies.
257* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Their intended purpose is to fuel the Heart of Etheria, a planet-sized superweapon, through their connection to the Runestones.]]
258* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Everyone has a color scheme to set them apart.
259* ElementalPowers: Each of the princesses connected to a Runestone has some form of elemental magic that they wield in battle: Glimmer has her [[LightEmUp sparkles]], Perfuma [[GreenThumb controls the earth and plants]], Mermista [[MakingASplash can move water]], Frosta [[AnIcePerson can conjure ice]] [[spoiler:and Scorpia [[ShockAndAwe can shoot lightning]]]]. Spinnerella, despite not seeming to draw her power from a Runestone, can also [[BlowYouAway manipulate the air.]]
260* PowerCrystal: Nearly all the princesses draw power from their kingdom's central Runestone.
261* PrincessesRule: The princesses seem to be the highest authority in their respective kingdoms, making Glimmer, who actually has a mother who is queen [[spoiler:and later becomes one herself]], something of an odd one out.
262* WarriorPrincess: They have the skills to take Horde Soldiers down.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder:Perfuma]]
266!!'''Perfuma, Princess of Plumeria'''
267!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/GenesisRodriguez (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Analiz Sánchez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/YuiKondo (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
268[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/perfumaflowerhq.png]]
269 %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
270->''"For the She-Ra!"''
271
272Though she is a peace-loving pacifist, Perfuma possesses a surprisingly strong core. She believes that the universe will reward good and punish evil in kind. Still, if it takes a little too long, she isn't afraid to take matters into her own hands.
273-----
274* AcidAttack: There's an Etherian plant that secretes acid, which Perfuma uses to destroy robots.
275* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed. Originally, Perfuma was the only member of the Rebellion that didn't fear Hordak. This Perfuma fears the Horde and believes herself to not be fit to fight. Subverted when, after meeting She-Ra, she actually quickly drops this and actually gets mild BloodKnight undertones to her personality as she now enjoys fighting enemy soldiers.
276* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: This is the belief of several of the princesses, who think that Perfuma is afraid of hurting people and consequently holds back in fights. It’s Netossa’s opinion that Perfuma could be one of the strongest princesses (or maybe ''the'' strongest) if she ever truly cut loose and fought as hard as she could. The fact that she's one of Adora's most powerful and most relied upon allies ''despite'' holding back speaks volumes.
277* AllLovingHero: Perfuma is an incredibly friendly, loving young woman who always tries to find the peaceful solution.
278* AllThereInTheManual: Though not outright confirmed as canon, according to [[WordOfSaintPaul Rae]], [[https://raegeii.tumblr.com/post/618934327237099521/heya-i-was-just-curious-and-feel-free-to-ignore they always thought of Perfuma as a trans woman while designing and drawing her]].
279* AmazonChaser: She seems to have a particular fondness for muscular women, going by her [[LoveBubbles reaction]] to seeing She-Ra for the first time and her referring to Huntara as a "desert rose." Most notably, [[spoiler:the series finale very heavily implies that she and Scorpia become an OfficialCouple.]]
280* AmbiguouslyBi: Asks Bow to Princess Prom on the spur of the moment, but also sees LoveBubbles when seeing She-Ra for the first time, refers to Huntara as a "desert rose" while giving her a flower crown, [[spoiler:and instantly forgives Scorpia after her HeelFaceTurn and becomes her greatest supporter in Season 5, doing everything she can to save her from Horde Prime's control and being with her in the ending celebration while the OfficialCouples are together]].
281* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:According to a charity livestream, she and Scorpia end up having a ''lot'' of kids.]]
282* BewareTheNiceOnes: Perfuma is a pacifist by choice but is able to control a variety of plants. Netossa even comments that if Perfuma let go of her pacifistic ideals, she probably be the strongest Princess of the group.
283* BloodKnight: Drops her pacifist shtick pretty quickly after fighting the Horde once, declaring she never felt more ''alive'', then joining up to hit more Horde soldiers with flowers.
284* CaringGardener: Even though she has plant powers, she still seems to keep a garden the old-fashioned way; her rant about cacti includes a complaint about how hard it is to figure out how much water they need. As for caring, she's almost endlessly forgiving, compassionate and kind.
285* TheChainsOfCommanding: [[spoiler:After Mermista is chipped and Netossa goes to find Spinnerella, Perfuma is left in charge. Given her tearful crying about it when reunited with Bow, she did not like the experience.]]
286* CreatureOfHabit: She is irritated by Entrapta and Mermista's disorderly ways, and part of the reason she's so upset in "The Valley of the Lost" is that the mission interrupted her customary morning meditation.
287* EarthyBarefootCharacter: She doesn't appear to wear true footwear; instead having pink decorative straps around her feet. Starting in Season 2 she wears slippers.
288* ExplosiveBreeder: [[spoiler: It is unknown which one was carrying their children but according to the charity livestream, she and Scorpia had a LOT of kids.]]
289* FlowersOfNature: She has a strong flower theme in her costume, helping to symbolize her connection to nature and control over plants.
290* GenkiGirl: Perfuma can be quite excitable.
291* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Perfuma is a gentle peace- and flower-loving pacifist... who also ''loves'' using her GreenThumb powers to fight the Horde and can be quite the BloodKnight.
292* GranolaGirl: Downplayed. Whilst Perfuma (and every person in her kingdom) acts like a NewAgeRetroHippie, she is a little too grounded for this trope to be played straight.
293* GreenMeansNatural: Perfuma wears a green vine as a part of her tiara and a green shawl, and her primary power is the controlling of plants (including trees), which she can grow at will. She also often attacks with vines.
294* GreenThumb: Can control plant life and utilizes massive vines during combat. Perfuma derives her powers from the Heart-Blossom.
295* HowDoIShotWeb: The only plant she's never been able to figure out is cacti. She eventually does manage it.
296* KindRestraints: Her vines come in very useful when the Alliance want to painlessly neutralize someone or prevent them from wandering into danger, [[spoiler:although they can't stop Scorpia's HeroicSacrifice]]. When the captive Scorpia apologizes for hurting her, Perfuma shows she heard her apology by sprouting a flower on the binds.
297* LethalHarmlessPowers: Controlling plants doesn't sound very dangerous, but she manages. She once created a titanic plant golem to scale the walls of a Horde-controlled base.
298** Take note of how quickly vines under her command can restrain Horde soldiers; if she really wanted to, she could probably strangle an entire battalion to death in seconds. And that's not even getting into the sheer number of plants that have toxic properties.
299* LongHairIsFeminine: Has waist-length hair and is the most feminine of the group.
300* LoveMakesYouStupid: She is ''very'' taken by Scorpia, even before there's any proof that the latter's defection is genuine. Luckily, Scorpia's worthy of that trust.
301* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: [[spoiler:She becomes an OfficialCouple with Scorpia after the final battle. While Perfuma is feminine, has long hair, wears dresses (the main one being pink), and her powers include growing plants; Scorpia is a butch woman, has BoyishShortHair, is hinted to be a PerkyGoth, wears pants (but does wear dresses at fancy events), and her main skills include brute strength and lightning powers]].
302* MaybeEverAfter: The series finale heavily implies that she and [[spoiler:Scorpia]] become an OfficialCouple. ND Stevenson has posted [[https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1263601250022469634 artwork in support of this]].
303* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Occasionally lapses into talking to other Rebels like they're small children, particularly in the use of "we don't" instead of "don't."
304--> '''Perfuma:''' '''NO!''' We do not throw tanks at our friends!
305* NiceGirl: Perfuma is kind, peaceful, gentle and friendly.
306* NobleSavage: Noticeable in an SFF manner. Among the Princess introductions Perfuma and her people get hit with this particularly hard. She's shown to end her encounter with She-Ra with the stereotypical line, "You inspired us to save ourselves. How can we ever repay you?"
307* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:A charity livestream confirms that she and Scorpia got together after the series.]]
308* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
309** Entrapta legitimately angers her, and brings her as close to a rant as she can manage when she repeatedly abandons the team during "No Princess Left Behind".
310** [[spoiler:In Season 5 when meeting the reformed Catra, Perfuma is uncharacteristically petty with her. Going out of her way to say how much she's a better friend to Scorpia and being rather uncaring when Catra is sent flying in a fight. Its not until Catra admits Perfuma is a better friend to Scorpia than Catra ever was that she warms up and shows Catra the same kindness she shows to everyone else.]]
311* PinkMeansFeminine: A flower-loving pacifist with GreenThumb powers who primarily wears pink.
312* ThePollyanna: Subverted. At first, Perfuma and her whole kingdom seem impossibly happy but even in her debut she's not optimistic so much as desperately denying anything is wrong. It then seems like it'll be played straight once she joins the Rebellion but while she certainly tries to remain upbeat even in during their toughest moments she often gets just as upset and stressed out as anybody else.
313* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:In Season 5 she comes into some conflict with Netossa who believes that her worrying about hurting friends is a weakness whilst Perfuma passionately believes that her friendships, and caring deeply for them, are a strength.]]
314* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:Talking to Catra about her feelings she hints that she knows about Catra's feelings for Adora and certainly sees it as a wonderful thing.]]
315* SickeninglySweethearts: [[spoiler:Apparently she and Scorpia become a ''very'' domestic couple]].
316* SilkHidingSteel: Her official bio lauds her "surprisingly strong core". Although she is initially introduced as a gentle pacifist, she later doesn't hesitate to stand up to the Horde and act directly against them.
317* StatuesqueStunner: One of the tallest princesses and is a cutie.
318* StepfordSmiler: While she tries to act happy and calm all the time, she's actually very anxious and constantly trying not to freak out.
319* TastesLikeFriendship: She personally brings Scorpia a salad bowl after the latter's defection.
320* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:In Season 5, while Adora, Bow, and Glimmer are in space and after Micah and Mermista (who had been leading the Rebellion's efforts on Etheria) have been chipped, Perfuma is more or less forced into leading the remnant of the Rebellion, sharing the role alongside Netossa. Perfuma does not care for it, is pretty overwhelmed by the circumstances, and is extremely grateful when the Best Friends Squad returns and take over leading the Rebellion.]]
321* YouthfulFreckles: Perfuma is a teenager/young adult who has some freckles on her cheeks and shoulders.
322[[/folder]]
323
324[[folder:Mermista]]
325!!Mermista, Princess of Salineas
326!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/VellaLovell (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]] Karen Vallejo (Latin American Spanish), Ayaka Shimoyamada (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
327[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mermistarender_1.png]]
328[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote:Click here to see Sea-Ra.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sea_rarender.png]][[/labelnote]]
329->''"I practice at HOME!"''
330
331Mermista is the "cool girl" princess who can come off as blunt and is unimpressed by everyone. Her judgments are delivered flatly and she is not known to mince words. Even though she does have a soft side, it can be hard for her to express her true feelings.
332-----
333* ActionGirl: "Rescuing people is [her] jam," and she can certainly hold her own in a fight.
334* AmazonianBeauty: She's one of the tallest princesses, and has a more massive frame than even She-Ra (size difference not taken in account). This corresponds to how her body would develop muscle mass due to lots of swimming.
335* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a rather [[{{Tsundere}} complicated]] relationship with Sea Hawk. She also thinks that She-Ra has beautiful hair. Granted, it may appear as a cute compliment, Make of that what you will.
336* AmbiguouslyBrown: It's a safe bet she's equivalent to South Asian, seeing as she's rocking a sari at the Princess Prom.
337* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Is chipped and turned traitor until Entrapta finds a way to sever the chip's mind-control from Horde Prime's main base on Etheria.]]
338* BrutalHonesty: Her bio notes how her judgments are delivered flatly and her tendency not to mince words.
339* CaptainFishman: She's the "token water hero" of the Princess Alliance, with the power to control water, swim with a fish tail and she can talk to seagulls.
340* CatchPhrase: "Urrrrrgh!"
341** "[Topic] is my jam."
342* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Its gradually revealed that for all her dry wit, she's quite possibly the ''weirdest'' princess. She often diverges into rambles about her favorite books, or the powers of [[SelfInsertFic "Sea-Ra"]], regardless of the relevance to the situation.
343** She has an action figure of herself.
344* DeadpanSnarker: After her emotional speech about why she joined the Rebellion to avenge her home, she dryly notes that Adora turns into an eight-foot-tall lady with a sword and she wants her on their side.
345* DubNameChange: Sirena in the French dub.
346* TheEeyore: At worst, Mermista tends to be the more pessimistic one of the team.
347* ElementalHairColors: Dark blue-green hair for the resident water magic user.
348* {{Facepalm}}: She does this ''a lot''. Usually in response to some of Sea Hawk's shenanigans.
349* FlatJoy: Even when she's being cheerful, she still sounds deadpan.
350* GenreSavvy: In "Mer-Mysteries", she uses her knowledge from mystery novels she has read to solve the case of who the Horde spy is.
351* GreenEyedMonster: "Roll With It" strongly suggests she's kinda jealous about Adora being She-Ra. Or possibly just crushing on her. Or both...
352* HamAndDeadpanDuo: Her and Sea Hawk. Sea Hawk is enthusiastic and flamboyant, while Mermista is a fairly stoic deadpan snarker.
353* HeartbreakAndIceCream: [[spoiler:In Season 4, after her kingdom is retaken by the Horde, she takes some me-time to deal with it by hiding in the bathtub and eating tons of ice cream.]]
354* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She takes the destruction and conquest of her home by the Horde hard, retreating to a bathtub to mourn and eat all the ice cream in Bright Moon.]]
355* HypocriticalHumor: She snarks at the main trio for "playing dolls" when they're using tabletop miniatures to work on an attack plan, but when she later joins the reunion, she brings an action figure that looks exactly like her.
356** {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. Bow wonders why she'd have something like this, she still acts offended and insists 'they' are the one playing dolls.
357* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sarcastic, blunt, and rather pessimistic, but still cares about her friends and her kingdom.
358* LargeHam: Appears to be taking a few skill ranks in this in Season 4, such as punctuating her lines with DramaticThunder.
359-->'''Frosta:''' How are you doing that?\
360'''Mermista:''' I PRACTICE AT HOME! (''thunderclap'')
361* TheLeader: Shares this position with King Micah for the Rebellion while the three lead heroes is out in space in Season 5. [[spoiler:Until they both get chipped, that is]].
362* LikeIsLikeAComma: Like, she tends to talk this way.
363* MakingASplash: She has control over water. Mermista derives her powers from the Pearl.
364* MsFanservice: A StatuesqueStunner who is also an AmazonianBeauty.
365* NotSoAboveItAll:
366** In "Perils of Peekablue", she reveals that she set fire to someone's boat because she "wanted to know what it felt like".
367** Also, for all the grunting, face-palming and eye-rolling she gives Sea Hawk, she's prone to act melodramatically.
368--->'''Mermista:'''I! Practice! At! HOME! ''(dramatic thunder)''
369* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Mermista can switch between a form with legs and one with a mermaid tail.
370* ProngsOfPoseidon: While she's seen with a trident in her first appearance, she doesn't seem to use it much since she can essentially use water as her weapon.
371* RaceLift: Mermista in the '80s series was a very pale woman and spoke with a French accent. Here, she is noticeably darker and is implied to be the Etherian equivalent of South Asian.
372* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Gender-inverted with Sea Hawk. She's sardonic and somewhat stoic while he's exuberant and loud.
373* ShesBack: [[spoiler:She recovers from the destruction and conquest of Salineas thanks to Sea Hawk and vowed to reclaim her home. Her lyrics in her song sum it up best...]]
374--> '''Mermista:''' ♪You can’t keep me down, Can’t throw this Princess around, ’Cause you all know how this all ends♪ [...] ♪I’ll blast you away, And fight another day, For Salineas! ♪
375* ShockAndAwe: She has the power to create loud claps of thunder. However, she does not use it for combat, only to [[MundaneUtility provide dramatic sound effects while trying to solve a murder mystery.]]
376* SourSupporter: The pessimist of the group.
377* SpeaksFluentAnimal: She can speak and understand the language of Seagulls. She even taught Sea Hawk how.
378* StepfordSnarker: Shows some shades of this trope in her debut episode as she states how hopeless her situation is in her usual snarky tone.
379--> '''Mermista:''' It figures I would inherit a kingdom that's crumbling but it's totally fine -- I'm handling it. It's just kind of inconvenient because the Horde won't stop attacking us.
380* SuperNotDrowningSkills: She can breathe underwater.
381* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Sea-Hawk. She acts like she's tired of him most of the time, but they're actually a couple; she just struggles to express her affections.
382* TomboyPrincess: While planning to rescue Glimmer and Bow, she refused to be represented by lipstick, preferring a knife.
383* VerbalTic: Her ''"Uuuurrrghh!"'' groan whenever something annoys or frustrates her. Which is often.
384* WaterIsWomanly: Inverted. She has a water theme but is a blunt tomboy, being much less feminine than her original animated counterpart.
385[[/folder]]
386
387[[folder:Frosta]]
388!!Frosta, Princess of the Kingdom of Snows
389!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MeritLeighton (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Angelica Villa (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
390[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frostarender.png]]
391
392->''"I didn't join the Princess Alliance just to fight. I joined to save people. And the Horde, even after everything they did... they're people, just like us."''
393
394At 11 (and three quarters) years old, Frosta is the youngest princess in the Alliance. Not only is her kingdom one of the most powerful of the kingdoms in Etheria, but her ice and snow powers make her an essential member of the Rebellion. Even though she is new to the throne, she’s a stickler for the rules and is very particular about how she likes things to get done.
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396* EleventhHourRanger: In Season 1, she does not join the rebellion until she shows up last minute during the Battle of Bright Moon to join protect the Moonstone.
397* AdaptationalModesty: [[JustifiedTrope Understandably so]], as it would be icky for everybody to see the now eleven-year-old Frosta wearing a {{Fanservice}}-y LeotardOfPower (even though the original 1980s costume did include long pants and a skirt). She now wears a big coat and pants to protect her from her own kingdom's cold temperatures. Even in the episode where the characters are wearing the outfits of their 1980s counterparts, the new version of the outfit covers much more skin than the original did.
398* AdaptationalWimp: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While her ice powers are just as powerful as her 80s counterpart, her 80s counterpart was completely unaffected by cold temperatures, while she is as vulnerable to them as anybody else.
399* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Her Runestone is called the Fractal Flake.
400* AdvertisedExtra: She had much less of a role in Season 1 than the advertising and opening suggested. She enters focus in Season 2 and then on becomes as much a secondary character as Mermista and Perfuma.
401* AgeLift: An adult in the original, a kid in the reboot.
402* AllLovingHero: In Season 4 she says that she joined the Rebellion to save people and despite the war she considers the Horde to be filled with people worth saving.
403* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has slightly slanted eyes and a darker skin tone and looks Asian or, more likely, Inuit.
404* TheBabyOfTheBunch: The youngest of the princesses and main characters, but she is one of the most mature characters around and demands respect. She actually implies at one point that she expects teenagers to be rude and foolish, and views herself as ''better'' than them. Played straighter in Season 2, where she starts acting like most people her age would - utterly childish.
405* BerserkButton: Do not mention how young she is or imply that she's in any way unfit to rule, especially not in conjunction. One of the reasons why she doesn't join the Rebellion at first is because Adora, before catching herself, implies that she's too young to rationally lead.
406* BigDamnHeroes: In the Season 1 finale she arrives at the last minute to prevent the Moonstone from being destroyed by Catra and joins the heroes to save the day.
407* BlueMeansCold: She uses ice magic and has a primarily blue wardrobe.
408* ByTheBookCop: She’s a stickler for the rules during the ball.
409* CharacterizationMarchesOn: From what little we saw of her in Season 1, mostly during the very formal Princess Prom she was hosting, she was shown to take herself very seriously and was very strict, although she mellowed out by the finale. In Season 2, she is way more excitable and eager to help, being a kid made too mature too soon into the role of a monarch.[[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as Frosta was [[ToughLeaderFacade putting up a front as not look too weak or immature to rule her kingdom,]] and by her own self-admission she had never had friends before, due to having to ascend to the throne so young and likely didn't know how to treat people differently then her subjects.
410* CoolCrown: Literally. She wears a simple tiara that appears to be made of ice.
411* DefrostingIceQueen: In her debut she's stiff, aggressive, and formal to the heroes. She gradually softens to them and reveals her true SugarAndIcePersonality later.
412* ElementalArmor: Frosta can use her Fractal Flake connection to form an armor out of ice.
413* ElementalHairColors: Short blue hair for the ice magic user.
414* ElementalPunch: Frosta has taken a liking to covering her fists in ice, in season 5, she lands a solid punch straight to Catra’s face.
415* {{Foil}}: Frosta serves as a classic foil to Glimmer, especially in season 2. She represents the immature, isolated and impulsive side of Glimmer as Glimmer herself struggles to grow out of this behavior.
416* FriendlessBackground: Says in Season 2 that, having ascended to the throne at the age of eight, she never had any real friends because they were all her subjects.
417* HonorBeforeReason: She adheres to the rules of the Ball to the point of letting Horde members inside and forbidding any violence against them. The Horde repays her by nearly destroying her castle.
418* AnIcePerson: Has ice powers reminiscent of Ice Man. Frosta derives her powers from the Fractal Flake.
419* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her first appearance makes her come across as overly strict and cold and she can sometimes act like a bratty, impulsive kid, but her heart is in the right place and she is a loyal member of The Rebellion.
420* KidHero: Even more than the other members of the Princess Alliance, who are teenagers. Frosta is eleven (and three quarters).
421* KungFuWizard: In later seasons her primary strategy is using her ice powers to augment physical attacks; she starts her battles by freezing up ice fists
422* TagalongKid: She is the youngest member of the Princess Alliance at eleven and three quarters, and is frequently treated differently from the others of the team.
423* LeeroyJenkins: Come Season 2, she has a tendency to ignore orders and do whatever she feels like, and her battle plans rarely (read: never) go beyond "SMASH!" In fairness, she ''is'' a kid.
424* LittleMissBadass: Even by the show's standards, at eleven years, Frosta's powers are something to behold, Glimmer even mentions that her magic is strong and her kingdom is powerful and fortified. When she comes to the rescue in "Battle at Bright Moon", she is able to single-handedly create a support for the Moonstone, freeze almost the entirety of the enemy army and move around by creating an ice slide.
425* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She allows two Horde captains in the Princess Gala on the basis they can legally be there. [[spoiler:It ends with two of her guests kidnapped, She-Ra's sword stolen and her palace almost destroyed]].
426* NotSoDifferentRemark: Glimmer notes that she's not so different from her, as a talented but sheltered and immature girl, desperately trying to gain the respect of an older authority figure through actions others would consider reckless.
427* NotSoStoic: Is ''much'' more emotionally open during Season 2.
428* PersonalityPowers: In Season 1 she has an icy personality to match her powers, but she averts this in Season 2 and beyond, when her characterization shifts to being the team kid.
429* PrettyInMink: Rocking a blue coat with a fur-lined collar and sleeves, with matching boots.
430* RaceLift: Not as noticeable, as her skin color is still fairly light, but the shape of her eyes implies that she's the Etherian equivalent to either south Asian or Inuit, compared to her original counterpart, who was white.
431* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted. Frosta's wardrobe choices imply she does ''not'' have a higher tolerance to cold.
432* SkilledButNaive: Despite her insistence to the contrary, she's very much this. While her kingdom and her magic are impressive, her youth means she puts more effort into looking wise and reasonable, allowing the Horde to nearly destroy her palace and make off with Bow, Glimmer and She-Ra's sword right under her nose.
433* ShoutOut: Her outfit seems to give off a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Water Tribe]] vibe. While they always shared a color scheme, Frosta's new clothing--especially her parka--wouldn't look remotely out of place on a member of either polar Water Tribe.
434* TookALevelInKindness: Progressively.
435** While she doesn’t speak much, she does come off as much nicer during her return in the Season 1 finale than when she was first introduced. Likely due to Adora’s warnings to her regarding the Horde ultimately being proven right.
436** In Season 4, she's the one who [[spoiler:(alongside Adora and Bow) most openly opposes trying to use the [[LostSuperweapon Heart of Etheria]], not only because it's ridiculously dangerous, but on [[WhatMeasureIsAMook moral grounds]].]]
437* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She goes back and forth. In her introduction she acts far more mature than most princesses, with a tendency to respect rules and is well informed about a lot of things. She implies that she has actually been working hard to get the respect of others despite her age and has matured early. Deconstructed in Season 2, where her desire to interact with the others as peers and be useful to them comes across as bratty and immature despite her skills and intelligence. Played straight at the end of Season 4, when she covers for Adora and Bow, because she realizes that Glimmer is taking things too far.
438* YoungAndInCharge: Frosta is only 11, yet in charge of ruling the Kingdom of Snows.
439[[/folder]]
440
441[[folder:Netossa]]
442!!Netossa, Rebel Princess
443!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/KrystalJoyBrown (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Fernanda Robles (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
444
445[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/netossarenderhq.png]]
446 %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
447
448Netossa was a member of the original Princess Alliance and remains loyal to its cause. She is tough and smug about her ability to conjure powerful nets out of energy. Netossa is also closely bonded to Spinnerella -- the two are inseparable.
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450* AdaptationalSexuality: Overlaps with AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul in that she’s now married to Spinnerella. This is played with in that in the original, her sexuality was never addressed at all, nor has she shown romantic interest in any character.
451* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
452** In the '80s series Netossa was the only member of the Rebellion who has no magical or mystical powers, instead she was a BadassNormal employing nets to fight. Here she still uses nets but appears to generate them out of light or energy she manipulates.
453** By Season 5, she's gone a bit beyond that. She essentially generates [[ComicBook/SpiderMan webbing]], including the ability to create single strands, make dense net-balls for use as throwing weapons, the creation of flat anchored planes for safety nets and spheres which multiple people can stand within, used as defense.
454* AdvertisedExtra: She and Spinnerella were given the same amount of focus as the other princesses in promotional material, but barely appeared in the first several seasons.
455* AffectionateNickname: "Darling" by Spinnerella. [[spoiler:Becomes a plot point when a chipped Spinnerella calls her "beloved", and Netossa points out she's never called her that before.]]
456* AscendedExtra: She gains far more screen-time and characterization in Season 5 [[spoiler:when forced to go up against her wife.]]
457* AwesomeByAnalysis: She has been keeping track of ''everyone's'' weaknesses and gives a run down of those of her allies. Not only that, but she notices both physical weaknesses and emotional ones, and uses her knowledge [[spoiler:of Spinnerella's weakness to get her wife back]].
458* BarrierWarrior: How she uses her powers in most fights. She can create shielding walls and domes to protect herself and allies or trap enemies. She can also make small orbs to throw at people as a type of hand blast.
459* BattleCouple: She fights together with her wife Spinnerella in battle.
460* BetrayalInsurance: Her evaluation of her allies weaknesses smacks of this, and she apparently did this ''before'' MindControl entered the equation.
461* BlueIsHeroic: A blue-clad member of the heroic Princess Alliance and Rebellion.
462* BoringButPractical: Her method for taking down Catra? [[spoiler:Spray her with water and then catch her in a net while she's panicking. And it ''works.'']]
463* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Official [[https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1239395457371009026/photo/1 artwork]] from ND Stevenson shows she knew Spinnerella ever since they were kids. Now, they're a HappilyMarried couple.
464* ClothingSwitch: She and Spinnerella appear to be wearing each other's necklaces.
465* CombatPragmatist: Major part of her tactics she's perfectly fine with AttackTheInjury tactics for example.
466* CompetitionFreak: She tries to make almost everything a competition with Spinnerella, and is quite a sore winner. In Season 5 this actually becomes a huge advantage for The Rebellion: [[spoiler:when several princesses fall under Horde Prime's mind control, Netossa reveals that she keeps a detailed set of notes on the weaknesses of all her allies that they can use to subdue the mind controlled princesses. Bow points out that it's a bit disconcerting that she's clearly spent a ''lot'' of time thinking about this, but it appears more that Netossa simply sees battle as another game to win.]]
467* CovertPervert: If her notebook is any indication, she thinks Spinnerella would look cute in a maid outfit.
468* CrazyPrepared: She reveals at one point that she keeps detailed notes on the weaknesses of all her allies, both practical and psychological. It has nothing to do with fearing any traitors in the Rebellion, it's just because she's ''that'' much of a CompetitionFreak.
469-->'''Netossa:''' Contingency plans are how you win and I ''always'' win.
470** [[spoiler:Her notes on the princess' weaknesses are pivotal to allowing the non-chipped Rebellion fighters to stand a chance against the chipped ones. She even uses notes on Spinnerella's old physical wound to take her down in their next fight so the latter can have her mind-control chip removed.]]
471* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You'd think the name would be a bit of a hint as to what she can do, but Bow doesn't figure it out until Netossa yells it at him. She tosses nets.
472* {{Foil}}: Netossa and Spinnerellas’ relationship mirrors and contrasts [[spoiler:Catra and Adoras’]] on multiple fronts.
473** [[spoiler:Unlike Catra and Adora, Netossa and Spinnerella are sure of their emotions towards one another and have been an item from before the start of the series, as opposed to only admitting their feelings and getting together in the series finale]].
474** Netossa and Spinnerella supports each other in everything, as opposed to [[spoiler:Catra and Adora who has more volatile interactions]].
475** [[spoiler:Netossa is forced to fight Spinnerella when she’s chipped by Horde Prime, similarly to how Adora had to fight Catra]].
476** Both couples are known to be very competitive, especially with their respective partners.
477** Both are childhood friends.
478* HappilyMarried: Season 5 confirms that Spinnerella isn't just her partner, but her wife of as long she can remember. And they have a loving and stable marriage.
479* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Netossa uses nets, which sounds pretty plain even if it’s enhanced with magic, but she can use them to trap explosions and redirect them at opponents or [[BarrierWarrior barriers]] that can hold Spinnerellas’ attacks at bay.
480* InformedAttribute: She's apparently smug about her powers. Of course, given she's only said a few lines, most of which were being irritated at Bow for not knowing what she does, it's hard to tell. This comes up more in Season 5, tying into her CompetitionFreak nature as well, she's rather assured about her knowledge of the weaknesses of the other princesses.
481* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Her notes on Mermista, Frosta, and Perfuma's weaknesses is to use fire.]]
482* KnowsTheRopes: Able to create energy rope in pretty much any configuration from the normal nets to strands net balls barriers. She showcases what one can do with this power if you aren't restricted to material.
483* TheLeader: Forced into the role briefly in Season 5, out of process of elimination [[spoiler:when the Best Friend Squad are stuck in space and Micah and Mermista get taken out of commission.]]
484* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: With Spinnerella. While Spinnerella wears feminine apparel, Netossa usually wears pants and armor. Also, Netossa is more hot blooded and competitive while Spinnerella is calm and laid-back.
485* NotSoAboveItAll: She's a grown woman who's allegedly more mature than the younger members of the Rebellion, but she takes considerable glee [[CatsHateWater spraying Catra with water]], and she has just a bit of childish banter with Spinerella.
486* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: She and Spinerella are the ones that liberated Thaymor. To reiterate they did that ''by themselves''.
487* PunnyName: Net-toss-a. She tosses nets.
488* RedOniBlueOni: In contrast with her cool-colored theme, she's the emotional red oni to Spinnerella's calm blue.
489* SmugSuper: She's very smug about her powers and thinks nets are easily the most powerful ability around.
490* TheStrategist: In Season 5 when [[spoiler:most of the Rebellion's leadership is either off planet or under Horde Prime's mind control]], Netossa becomes the brains and driving force within the Rebellion. This includes her detailed files on the weaknesses of their enemies and the other princesses, which proves a valuable resource for the group.
491* ThoseTwoGirls: With Spinnerella. The two of them are always in each other's company. Then again: they're married.
492* TokenAdult: Compared to the mostly teenaged members of the Rebellion, Netossa is old enough to have been part of the original Princess Alliance and old enough to be married.
493* UndyingLoyalty: Along with Spinnerella, the two being the only remnants of the original Princess Alliance to still be around before Adora shows up, and the only two remaining when the other Princesses go back into isolation until the Battle of Bright Moon.
494* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: A wife example, but Netossa won't pull punches even to save Spinny from herself. [[spoiler:After Spinnerella is brainwashed, Netossa is determined to rescue and unchip her at all costs]].
495[[/folder]]
496
497[[folder:Spinnerella]]
498!!Spinnerella, Rebel Princess
499!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/NDStevenson (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Gaby Cardenas (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
500
501[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spinnerellahq.png]]
502 %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
503
504Spinnerella is not tied to a specific kingdom, but she’s always been a staunch ally for the Rebellion. By spinning, she can create cyclones of wind to blow the enemy away. She usually has a kind, loving nature, but she can go from gentle breeze to mighty storm in a heartbeat.
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506* AchillesHeel: She twisted her left ankle as a kid and it apparently never fully healed, so it can act up when she's off-balance in a fight, and [[spoiler:Netossa [[AttackTheInjury deliberately targets it]] to take her down long enough to subdue her and remove her chip]].
507* AdaptationalSexuality: She and Netossa are a couple, despite being straight in previous incarnations (not that she's ever shown romantic interest to ''any'' character whatsoever), though that went without saying.
508* AdvertisedExtra: Just like her wife, she's given the same amount of focus in promotional material as the other princesses. In the show proper, she and Netossa had very few appearances through the first several seasons.
509* AffectionateNickname: "Spinny" by Netossa, as her name can be a mouthful.
510* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Her skin appears to be a light shade of pink.
511* AscendedExtra: She gains substantial screentime in Season 5 [[spoiler:at the cost of her individuality.]]
512* BattleCouple: She fights together with Netossa in battle, and WordOfGod confirms the two are married.[[invoked]]
513* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler: While BrainwashedAndCrazy, she is able to chip most of the Rebel Alliance without anyone noticing, and proves to be a massive threat in combat.]]
514* BigBeautifulWoman: She's the most heavy-set member of the Rebellion and quite pretty.
515* BlowYouAway: She can control the wind and air. This actually puts her on a combat level with Mermista: there's just about ''always'' air around, giving her access to her weapon at nearly all times. She's also the only human member of the Alliance who can fly.
516* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:The first princess to be chipped by Prime and takes down most of Rebellion with her.]]
517* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Official [[https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1239395457371009026/photo/1 artwork]] from ND Stevenson shows she knew Netossa ever since they were kids. Now, they're a HappilyMarried couple.
518* ClothingSwitch: She and Netossa appear to be wearing each other's necklaces.
519* HappilyMarried: Netossa is her beloved wife and they have a loving, stable marriage.
520* HairTriggerTemper: Her bio notes how she can go from a gentle breeze to a mighty storm in a heartbeat.
521* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:After getting chipped, she becomes Horde Prime's dangerous enforcer for the most of the season and one of the most recurring threats to the Rebellion.]]
522* LadyElla: "Spinnerella", for someone who utilizes SpectacularSpinning and BlowYouAway.
523* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: With Netossa. While her wife usually wears pants and armor, Spinnerella wears feminine apparel. Also, Netossa is more hot blooded and competitive while Spinnerella is calm and laid-back.
524* NiceGirl: What little we see of her personality, Spinnerella is a kind and sweet woman. One example being when she tries to reassure Netossa after Bow upsets her.
525* NotSoAboveItAll: She treats Netossa's desire to turn everything they do into a competition with repressed annoyance, but is later shown that she does indeed enjoy the games, she just doesn't like losing.
526* RedOniBlueOni: The calm and laid-back blue oni to Netossa's competitive and emotional red.
527* TermsOfEndangerment: [[spoiler:While under Horde Prime's control in Season 5, she calls Netossa "beloved"]].
528* ThoseTwoGirls: With Netossa. Spinnerella is never seen without her, even when being questioned as "suspects" in Mer-mysteries as they were in the middle of a date at the time.
529* UndyingLoyalty: Same as Netossa, she is one of the two remaining members of the original Princess Alliance prior to Adora joining. Later, she and Netossa are the only ones who remain when the other princesses leave until the Battle of Bright Moon.
530[[/folder]]
531
532!Other Members
533
534[[folder:Swift Wind]]
535!!Swift Wind, She-Ra's Noble Steed (AKA Horsey)
536!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/AdamRay (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Raul Anaya (Latin American Spanish), Takayuki Miyamoto (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
537[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swiftwindrender.png]]
538->''"I am my own horse."''
539
540Swift Wind used to be an ordinary horse until Adora accidentally bestows him with incredible speed, flight, and the power of speech! With his newfound abilities, Swift Wind becomes She-Ra's noble steed and an outspoken member of the Rebellion.
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542* AdaptedOut: His original series counterpart could be changed from a normal horse (going by the [[SecretIdentity name "Spirit"]]) to powered-up form and back again. Here, Swift Wind's transformation appears to be permanent, even holding after [[spoiler:the Sword of Protection is destroyed]].
543* AdaptationNameChange: Swift Wind's alter ego as a normal horse was called "Spirit" rather than "Horsey" in the original 1980s show.
544* AffectionateNickname: Sometimes called "Swifty" by Adora.
545* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Even as a normal horse, Horsey seems to be slightly more intelligent than your average horse.
546* BigEater: During the episodes he's not present, he gets a mention as having wandered around eating a lot. In Season 2, he wolfs down apples when he passes through an abandoned orchard. In a conversation with Adora, he lists "apples, hay, toppling unjust hierarchies, [and] apples" as his favorite things. In of the "Swift Wind Adventures" shorts, he gorges himself on many baskets of apples.
547* BondCreatures: Is bonded to Adora. He even has a psychic link with Adora that allows him to sense when she is in danger.
548* BraggingThemeTune: Adora briefly sings him one in ''Swift Wind Adventures: Horse Hero Transformation'', when he does his "transformation sequence".
549-->'''Adora''': ♪Swift Wind is [[ShapedLikeItself a wonderful Swift Wind]]!♪ Hey, wait a minute, I don't get a song when I transform!
550* BreakoutCharacter: In between Seasons 2 and 3, he received his own spin-off shorts, ''Swift Wind Adventures'', chronicling his misadventures across Etheria.
551* BrutalHonesty: Swift Wind is honest to a fault when speaking his mind.
552* CharacterCatchphrase: When making an entrance: "Did somebody say SWIFT WIND?!" Most of the time, nobody has actually said his name.
553* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first season, Swift Wind had an interest in freeing all horses and starting an equine uprising in pursuit of "hay for all". This was dropped from his following appearances.
554* CompositeCharacter: Kowl's sarcastic personality has been grafted onto him.
555* DeadpanSnarker: He has plenty of dry remarks in response to obvious questions, as early as a week after first gaining sentience.
556* ADogNamedDog: Before his transformation, he was a horse named Horsey. According to Razz, he stated that 'Horsey' is a completely stupid name.
557* EpicFlail: Falls deeply in love with a brick on a chain as soon as he looks at it in Episode 13. Adora vetoes this just as fast.
558* FieryRedhead: Has orange hair and is an excitable, upbeat winged unicorn.
559* {{Flight}}: Swift Wind can fly. He especially likes to do loops.
560* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Adora is spiraling from Catra's betrayal, Glimmer getting hurt, and Entrapta's supposed death, he's the one that snaps her out of it and convinces her to come home.
561->''"I've had the ability to form complex thoughts for, like, a week, and even I know you can't help anyone by hiding."''
562* HumanlikeFootAnatomy: Averted. When he tries to arm wrestle in one of the "Swift Wind Adventures" shorts, he finds it's a lot harder to get into position than he thought because none of his legs bend like humanoid ones. He eventually settles for using a wing.
563* LargeHam: You will nearly always [[IncomingHam hear him arriving]] before you see him, and he makes up for not having arms to wave by gesturing with his wings instead.
564* LiminalBeing: As an uplifted animal, he is both a horse and a sentient being.
565* MeaningfulRename: Goes from "Horsey" to "Swift Wind". Razz states he gave the latter name to himself while also saying that the former was a stupid name.
566* NiceGuy: He's caring, kind, and loyal.
567* NonHumanSidekick: To Adora, by virtue of his psychic connection to her and to the sword.
568* OddFriendship:
569** With Madam Razz. He doesn't think much of her sanity, but in Season 4, it's revealed that he visits her quite often because "you gotta check up on old ladies alone in the woods."
570** [[spoiler:He develops a friendship with Scorpia in Season 5]].
571* OutOfFocus: Swift Wind does not appear in Season 3 except for a brief, non-speaking appearance when Adora visits Light Hope. He's back as a major character in Season 4, though.
572* RainbowsAndUnicorns: He's a WingedUnicorn with rainbow-colored wings.
573* RebelliousSpirit: After gaining sapience, he dedicates himself to "freeing" his fellow equines, even going as far as to try and talk to Angella about his views. He lists "toppling unjust hierarchies" as one of his favorite things, along with apples and hay.
574* ServileSnarker: He refers to himself as "She-Ra's Noble Steed" but even she isn't safe from his snark.
575* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Speaks to horses and, per ''Island of Magical Creatures'', one of the tie-in books, also hedgehogs for some reason.
576* TalkingAnimal: A winged unicorn capable of speech.
577* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Swift Wind is very fond of apples.
578* TransformationSequence: Parodied in ''Horse Hero Transformation''. He demands his own transformation sequence, mimicking Adora's, but it's all done with props, he doesn't change at all, and he thinks it also involves a BraggingThemeTune.
579* UndyingLoyalty: Swift Wind is Adora's loyal steed and they are bonded together.
580* UpliftedAnimal: Adora accidentally makes him fully sapient and capable of human speech when trying to figure out how her magic sword works.
581* WingedUnicorn: Thanks to She-Ra's magic, he gets wings and a horn.
582[[/folder]]
583
584[[folder:Sea Hawk]]
585!!'''Sea Hawk, Captain of the Dragon's Daughter'''
586!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/JordanFisher (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Creator/IdziDutkiewicz (Latin American Spanish), Hironori Saito (Japanese)[[/labelnote]]
587[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sea_hawk_9.png]]
588->''"The fact that I kept setting my boats on fire was seen as charming."''
589
590An adventurous and boisterous sea captain. He likes Mermista and seeks to impress people with his feats.
591-----
592* AdaptationalBadass: No really, he may be a lot sillier than his original counterpart, but when it comes to actual success in battle, this current incarnation comes out on top.
593* AdaptationalComicRelief: In the original show, Sea Hawk was a fairly serious character. Here he's a ''lot'' goofier, being a LargeHam and a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and while he does have his HiddenDepths, he's usually played for comedy.
594* AdaptationDyeJob: Originally a ginger, his hair now sits somewhere between brown and purple.
595* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He was Adora's LoveInterest in the original, as well as someone Catra would flirt with periodically, now he has no romantic undertones with either. In contrast, the ShipTease actually went over to his relationship with Mermista, who is his girlfriend in this version.
596* AesopAmnesia: Almost every friendship he has ever ruined and every enemy he has ever made was because he loves to set ships on fire. Like, a ''lot'' of ships on fire, and most of the time they weren't even his.
597* AmazonChaser: One of his [[WingdingEyes heart eyes]] moments for Mermista is seeing her [[spoiler:get the power-up from the Heart of Etheria]] and subsequently wipe the floor with a Horde fleet. He also does the same thing while making a LoveConfession when she shyly admits to setting fire to a ship to see how it feels.
598* AmbiguouslyBi: He ''definitely'' has a thing for Mermista, but he seems a bit taken with Bow, and some of the buildup to Season 4 implied that Scurvy, another dude, was his ex.
599* AsianAirhead: He's the Etheria equivalent to East Asian is something of a {{cloudcuckoolander}}.
600* BadassNormal: He's usually totally outclassed in battle (unless it's on the water, where his signature move is to crash his boat against the enemy and destroy it), but in "Heart, Part 2" he shows himself to be quite a competent swordsman, taking out several of Horde Prime's robots with impressively precise attacks.
601* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's silly, loud, and has a habit of setting ships on fire. He's also a proficient swordsman and sailor.
602* BrickJoke: He mentions coming from someplace where he had friends who considered his arsonist tendencies charming. We later meet said friends. No, they did not consider him lighting their boats on fire charming.
603* CaptainMorganPose: He does this a lot.
604* CatchPhrase: "Adventure!"
605* CleavageWindow: Rare male example.
606* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Though he does have a few painful encounters with reality from time to time.
607--> '''Sea Hawk:''' This was all a terrible idea. Why didn't anyone stop me?!\
608'''Swift Wind:''' Because you didn't tell us. ''WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!''\
609'''Sea Hawk:''' If I told you, you would have stopped me!
610* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: When he gets his act together, Sea Hawk can be a threat.
611* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He is very good at gauging [[{{Tsundere}} Mermista]]'s true feelings, and manages to connect on a personal level with Glimmer and Scorpia despite the short amounts of time he's known both.
612* FakeUltimateHero: Subverted. The episode introducing him sets him out to be one, [[SmallNameBigEgo as he constantly boasts about his accomplishment, yet is quickly outclassed by all characters]], down to Adora defeating him in arm-wrestling ''without'' turning into She-Ra. However, as it turns out, he really ''is'' [[BadassNormal genuinely competent and skilled (though lacking powers)]]- it's just that 1) He is OvershadowedByAwesome when placed next to the protagonist and 2) His habit of [[{{Pyromaniac}} constantly setting his ships on fire]] has caused people to lose patience with him; the reason he is so craving for attention is that he misses the time people admired him.
613* HamAndDeadpanDuo: Mermista and him. Sea Hawk is enthusiastic and flamboyant, while Mermista is a fairly stoic deadpan snarker.
614* HeroesPreferSwords: His main weapon in battle is a sword.
615* IAmSong: He has an "I Am" sea shanty in his introductory episode, "The Sea Gate".
616-->'''Sea Hawk''': Ohhh! \
617I am Sea Hawk, I am, I am. \
618If you're looking for adventure, then I am your man. \
619If you want to ride on the waves of deepest blue, \
620Through perilous winds, then I got you. \
621Some say I'm a hero, \
622Some say I'm a man, \
623What I know for sure is: \
624I'm Sea Hawk, I am, I am!
625* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He admits that he misses having friends and a crew, and much of his antics are implied to be his way of coping with loneliness.
626* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Sea Hawk loves bragging about how awesome he is and always tries to show off to the Best Friend Squad. However, underneath, he is very insecure due to the fact that he's not really taken seriously.
627* InsecureLoveInterest: He has confided in Scorpia that he feels he's not good enough for Mermista, who he thinks doesn't see him as an equal.
628* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Parodied. He's made so many enemies around the world ([[RunningGag mostly by setting their boats on fire]]), Mermista has to keep saving ''him''.
629* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. He's got a big ego for sure, but he's a loyal friend and is definitely someone you want standing alongside you when chips are down.
630* LadyAndKnight: Mermista has other soldiers, but Sea Hawk is the only one she fights alongside. His scenes are very much about supporting her (especially after [[spoiler:the fall of Salineas]]) and their relationship.
631* LargeHam: As evidenced by his... everything.
632-->'''"ADVENTURE!"'''
633* LovableRogue: It’s implied he was a pirate back in the day, and Scurvy was his former pirate comrade. He may have left that lifestyle, but he’s still got that roguish charm. Sea Hawk is the kind of swashbuckling hero Bow sometimes envies and aspires to be.
634* LoveAtFirstPunch: He seems almost fond of the memory of his first meeting with Mermista, which involved her trying to ''kill'' him [[NoodleIncident (it's not stated why)]].
635* MustMakeHerLaugh: Sometimes his antics are deliberate, to distract Mermista from the problems of ruling.
636* OddFriendship: With Scorpia: they both bond over feeling unappreciated and overshadowed, and form a genuine connection. It's even odder since this all started even before [[spoiler:Scorpia defects to the Rebellion]].
637* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's clearly used to being the coolest person in the room, and is caught wrong-footed by the fact that the Best Friend Squad is as good or better than he is at everything he tries to impress them by doing.
638* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The ease with which Salineas' guards let him into the royal palace implies that Sea Hawk's only crime is destruction of public property. Even Mermista steals more things on-screen than he does.
639* PromotedToLoveInterest: Played with. Instead of being Adora's love interest like in the 80's cartoon, he is now Mermista's.
640* {{Pyromaniac}}: He has a habit of setting his boats on fire. Not for any particular reason, he just thinks it makes him look cool.
641--> '''Mermista:''' Don't set this one on fire.\
642'''Sea Hawk:''' No promises!
643* RaceLift: Confirmed to be the Etherian equivalent of East Asian, compared to the white original.
644* RammingAlwaysWorks: His primary contribution in battle is to ram his flaming boat into the biggest target.
645* RealMenWearPink: He is quite fond of singing and flowery love declarations, which in no way makes him weak [[spoiler:(as a chipped Mermista discovers during the final battle)]].
646* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Gender-inverted with Mermista. While she's serious and sardonic, he's almost always silly and flamboyant.
647* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He learned to communicate with seagulls from Mermista and it helps rescue him and Bow from their captors.
648* UptightLovesWild: He is barely fazed by Mermista's dismissal of his chaotic tendencies, which seem to make him enjoy the moments where she's NotSoAboveItAll even more.
649* VictoriasSecretCompartment: A RareMaleExample; this is where he keeps his map in his debut episode.
650* WingdingEyes: In a couple of scenes, his eyes when looking at Mermista are [[CardiovascularLove shown to be heart-shaped]] or have hearts in the pupils.
651* YourAnswerForEverything: Hey, is there a ship we can set on fire?
652[[/folder]]
653
654[[folder:Flutterina (SPOILERS)]]
655!!'''Flutterina, Resident of Elberon'''
656!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmandaCelineMiller (English)
657[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2019_11_06_at_10651_pm.png]]
658A cute, sweet NaiveNewcomer who adores the Rebellion and begs to join in for herself. Except that none of that's true, not even the pronouns...
659----
660* ActionGirl: Less so than the other characters as Flutterina often ends up in trouble in the midst of a battle, but is nonetheless determined to fight. Subverted in that not only can Flutterina handle herself in a fight, but is actually an alter-ego of the non-binary shapeshifter, Double Trouble.
661* AdaptationalVillainy: In this story she's Double Trouble's secret identity rather than a true member of the Rebellion.
662* AgeLift: The 80s version of Flutterina was an adult, while this one is a child. Or so it seems.
663* AscendedFangirl: She's a fangirl of the Rebellion who gets to join in herself after her village is attacked by the Horde.
664* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seeing as her true form is Double Trouble. In any case, she’s likely not real to begin with.
665* ChildrenAreInnocent: She has a bubbly and positive view of the world and is clearly a young child. Deliberately invoked, as she is Double Trouble trying to sneak into the Rebellion.
666* CompositeCharacter: This time around, Double Trouble and Flutterina are the same person: the latter is a fake identity Double Trouble uses to infiltrate the rebels. It's not clear if there's a real Flutterina around somewhere or if Double Trouble just made her up, but either way the audience only knows Flutterina as Double Trouble's alter ego.
667** There is a [[https://i.redd.it/ax91r01hsgz31.jpg real Flutterina]] who appears at Princess Prom. She can't be Double Trouble since they also appear at the prom in their default appearance.
668* EyeColourChange: Exaggerated. Sometimes when no one is looking, Flutterina's pink eyes change back into Double Trouble's reptilian ones, complete with the vertical-closing eyelids.
669* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: The cute, sweet, peppy, pink-clad new member of the Rebellion who successfully diverts the entire Alliance from the Horde's destruction of Salineas under duress, ''and'' deepens the insecurities of the strongest members. Double Trouble designed their appearance specifically to seem as sweet and nonthreatening as possible to let down the princesses' guard.
670* GenkiGirl: Flutterina is energetic, happy, and eager to fight the Horde.
671* InnocentlyInsensitive: She often comments on Glimmer and Adora's relationship, showing confusion that Adora seems to order Glimmer around despite Glimmer's higher rank. This is because she's actually Double Trouble in disguise and is trying to ruin their friendship.
672* InsectoidAliens: As visible from the structure of the ears, lack of a nose, and wings, Flutterina's based on moths.
673* TheMole: Flutterina is actually Double Trouble's alternate persona trying to destroy the Rebellion from the inside and to sell all their secrets to Hordak.
674* MorphicResonance: Viewers may note that while rather subtle, Flutterina in some ways resembles their true identity. Her eyes have the same general shape, she has long, pointed ears, a small nose, tiny eyebrows and a slim build. Flutterina's outfit also has yellow panels resembling Double Trouble's cutouts, which is aided by the actual cut out for her wings in the back. Her necklace is similar to DT's collar and her sleeves are puffed out and pointy, echoing Double Trouble's broad shoulders.
675* NewBodyOldAbilities: Played with. Earlier, Double Trouble employed several kick-based attacks as Catra, and despite the difference in size and build, is able to execute a spinning-kick on an enemy with no trouble as Flutterina.
676* OlderThanTheyLook: Flutterina looks like a young girl, and even refers to herself as a kid. This was deliberately invoked by her true identity, Double Trouble, to appear innocent to the Rebellion. Double Trouble themself appears to be an adult.
677* PluckyGirl: Despite not having a whole lot in the way of combat abilities she stands up to the Horde in order to free her captured village.
678* ThePollyanna: She is wide-eyed and usually positive.
679* RedRightHand: They never use their wings. Also, she sometimes blinks with Double Trouble's eyes.
680* SecretIdentity: An alternate persona created by Double Trouble, whom they designate with her own name, gender and personality.
681* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: While alone, 'Flutterina' will drop her innocent persona, often uttering worrying sentences such as "like lambs to the slaughter", and cruelly smirking as she tears the Best Friend Squad apart.
682* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Flutterina is actually Double Trouble in disguise.
683* WalkingSpoiler: This girl has a ''lot'' of secrets underneath that cute smile of hers.
684* WingedHumanoid: She sports a pair of butterfly wings.
685[[/folder]]
686
687[[folder:Castaspella]]
688!!'''Castaspella, Head Sorceress of Mystacor'''
689!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/SandraOh (English)[[labelnote:additional voice actors]]Gabriela Guzman (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
690[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/castaspellarender.png]]
691 [[caption-width-right:324:]]
692
693Glimmer's paternal aunt and Micah's younger sister, a sorceress who lives in the floating island of Mystacor.
694-----
695* AdaptationalModesty: Instead of a yellow MinidressOfPower or a figure-hugging blue suit under yellow shorts, she now wears a floor-length navy blue shift dress under a light pink cape.
696* AdaptationDyeJob: Originally a redhead, now a brunette.
697* AgeLift: Castaspella was originally a young woman roughly the same age as Adam and Adora (considering she hits on the former), but being Glimmer's aunt she's an adult woman who just happens to be OlderThanSheLooks.
698* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She may be the leader of [[TheMagocracy Mystacor]], but that doesn't stop Shadow Weaver from constantly bringing up her brother's superior abilities.
699* AmbiguouslyGay: She has no LoveInterest that we know of, but her reaction to Shadow Weaver's usual NoSenseOfPersonalSpace antics is to blush angrily.
700* AscendedExtra: Mostly a background character until Season 5, when [[spoiler:the occupation of Mystacor by the Horde]] forces her to take a more active role in the plot.
701* BigSisterInstinct: Inverted. She's Micah's younger sister but is very protective of him. One of the main reasons she hates Shadow Weaver is because the latter woman used her brother in his youth.
702* BunnyEarsLawyer: A bit kooky, but also one of Mystacor’s most powerful sorcerers.
703* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She's more than a little weird, which Glimmer can't stand, but still genial and supportive. Case in point, trying to reassure Glimmer by saying she looks like her father. Glimmer points out he had a beard.
704* CoolAunt: Zig-zagged; Glimmer doesn’t think of her this way, but her friends do.
705* CoolCrown: A halo-esque golden one with a star in the center. Flashbacks in Season 2 show that it's the traditional crown of the Head Sorceress of Mystacor.
706* HartmanHips: Has noticeably huge hips on an otherwise thin body frame.
707* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: She likes knitting them.
708* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Typical Mystacor garb isn't particularly suitable for moving through Etheria's forests: she's prone to getting her cape snagged. Partially crosses over with a justified version of LimitedWardrobe: it wasn't as if everyone got to pack while evacuating -- but she still won't take it off.
709* MamaBear: Castapella is is protective over her niece, Glimmer.
710* PassiveAggressiveKombat: While overall generous, supportive and amiable, she's ''good'' at making these small little digs, usually targeted at Angella and Glimmer. Which is probably a big reason why Glimmer doesn't see her as the CoolAunt that Bow and Adora do -- Castaspella seems just a ''little'' too fond of trying to guilt-trip her.
711-->"What brings you all the way out here to visit your aunt? Is it once in a blue moon already? ''(forced laugh)''"
712* PunnyName: Cast-a-spell-a. She does magic.
713* OnlySaneMan: In Season 3, she's the first to point out that Angella has no idea of what consists of a good prison to hold Shadow Weaver.
714* RaceLift: Her design (as well as the decision to cast Sandra Oh as her voice) would seem to suggest she's the Etherian equivalent of East Asian, in contrast to the original 80s version of the character, who was a white redhead.
715* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Castaspella and Glimmer weren't related in the 80s cartoon, but are aunt and niece here.
716* ShipperOnDeck: Implied. She gives a small smile to Catra and Adora when the former saves the latter from an illusionary fire.
717[[/folder]]
718
719[[folder:Melog]]
720!!'''Melog, [[EmpathicShapeshifter Empathic Shapeshifter]]'''
721!!!'''Voiced by''': Mochi (supervising sound editor Rob [=McIntyre=]'s cat)
722[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melog.jpg]]
723[[caption-width-right:350:Emotional Support Animal]]
724
725A magical creature the Best Friend Squad found on the planet Krytis. Often taking the form of a large cat, Melog is the last of its kind after First Ones mined most of the magic from the planet.
726----
727* EleventhHourRanger: Shows up in the last five episodes of the final season, incredibly important to the plot regardless.
728* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the original show Melog was a mud creature brought to life by Shadow Weaver, here it is a magical being born on the planet Krytis. (Catra in the prior show had a companion cat, [[https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Clawdeen Clawdeen]], [[https://tv.avclub.com/do-i-read-this-as-platonic-or-romantic-behind-the-s-1843403035 but she wasn't adapted because]] she was deemed to look too similar to Lion from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.)
729* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Downplayed. While it mostly does act like a cat, it does have a fondness for licking the faces of people it likes, such as [[spoiler:Adora, Catra and Scorpia]].
730* AmbiguousGender: In the show Melog is never referred to by any gender pronoun. In the 80's show after absorbing some of She-Ra's power and taking on her likeness it is referred to as a "she", whether the female nomination still applies is unknown.
731* AnimalCompanion: [[spoiler:Becomes this for Catra, it works kinda the opposite of Adora and Swift Wind's bond, where Melog gives Catra powers and a very strong PsychicLink.]]
732* {{Awwchoo}}: Most likely due to its psychic connection with Catra, its sneezes are just as cute as hers.
733* CatsHateWater: Is scared of water, like Catra.
734* CompositeCharacter: A combination of Melog and [[spoiler:Clawdeen]] from the 80s series.
735* TheConscience: It rebukes Catra for unnecessarily diminishing team morale, encouraging her to apologize to Perfuma about the former.
736* CoolDownHug: [[spoiler: Does a kind of animal variant of this, when Catra angrily refuses to go back to Adora, despite it being obvious even without Melog's ability to read her mind that Catra really wants to. In order to calm her down, Melog tackles the cat girl and licks her face.]]
737* DarkAndTroubledPast: Melog is the last of its kind because the First Ones effectively strip-mined their home before Horde Prime destroyed it.
738* DarkIsNotEvil: Melog is a dark-themed alien cat but is loyal to the heroes, especially [[spoiler:Catra]].
739* EmpathicShapeshifter: Only has two forms, but it’s a major part of their character that they mirror Catra, showcasing the usually closed up girl's emotions.
740* EmpathyPet: [[spoiler:Catra's, to the point where anyone who wants to know what the former is ''really'' feeling just needs to watch Melog. Catra buries her emotions: Melog expresses them.]]
741* {{Foil}}: To Swift Wind, as both are the animal bonding creatures to [[spoiler:Catra]] and Adora, respectively, who help them through their emotions. Swift Wind was a regular horse accidentally granted powers by Adora, can talk, is goofy, and has bright colors; Melog is an alien cat who develops a PsychicLink with [[spoiler:Catra]], can only be understood by [[spoiler:Catra]], grants ''her'' powers, is usually quiet, and has dark-themed colors.
742* HomeFieldAdvantage: Melog showcases powers in their introduction that they don't use to the same scale afterward. Though definitely a useful asset, Melog is essentially benefiting from this or being nerfed for story purposes.
743* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Due to their bond, Catra can understand Melog perfectly, holding an entire conversations with it. Everyone else, audience included, only hears flanged meows and growls.
744* {{Invisibility}}: One of the primary uses of its illusion magic is to make itself and/or others invisible. It proves able to do this with a group, and even an entire [[spoiler:spaceship]], allowing all those cloaked to remain perceptible to one another while invisible to everyone else.
745* LastOfItsKind: The sole survivor of its species following the First One’s and then their stand against Horde Prime.
746* LickedByTheDog: [[spoiler:It bonds with Catra and basically becomes her animal companion in the same way Swift Wind is with Adora, except only Catra can understand it. For bonus points, it also ''literally'' licks both Catra and She-Ra.]]
747* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler:It helps Catra a lot in dealing with her emotions in more positive ways, while also preventing Catra from hiding them as well. Showrunner ND Stevenson even revealed in interviews that Melog's nickname in the crew was "Catra's Therapy Pet".]]
748* LivingMoodRing: When it's angry, scared or distressed, its mane, tail, eyes and mouth glow red, and its mane and tail become spiky and bristling. When it's calm or happy, these parts are blue, and its mane and tail are relaxed and wavy.
749* LongLived: It is at least centuries old. The time scale of the First Ones and then Horde Prime is roughly a millennium, so a lot has happened.
750* MasterOfIllusion: Its magic seems primarily illusion-based. In its debut, it keeps almost the entire cast confused and lost in its illusions for much of the episode.
751* MeaningfulName: It remembers -- keeps a ''log'' of -- Krytis' fate.
752* MindOverMatter: Once levitates some fruit up for Catra to eat.
753* MythologyGag: Melog resembles the giant cat Catra's '80s counterpart used to transform into.
754* PsychicLink: [[spoiler:Forms one with Catra, allowing her to understand Melog. Melog, on the other hand, is able to easily read Catra's emotions, often displaying them in its behavior. The link is very strong and the two often move in sync, seemingly knowing exactly what the other is thinking at all times.]]
755* SdrawkcabName: "Melog" is "golem" backwards. This made sense with the original Melog from the 1980s cartoon, who was created much like the golems of Jewish mythology, but that reference is lost here.
756* ShapeshifterModeLock: {{Downplayed}}. It shapeshifts to communicate when it is first introduced but settles into its quadrupedal form, with some minor shifting outside that.
757* ShipperOnDeck: It can sense Catra's true feelings for Adora and tries to push her to act on them, especially when Catra tries to run away after watching Adora risk a HeroicSacrifice.
758* StarfishAlien: Melog is the sole survivor of a spectral alien species formed entirely of magic and capable of taking on any form it chooses. It is initially humanoid when mirroring the Best Friend Squad, but settles for making a feline form its default after bonding with Catra. It then becomes an empathetic mirror for her. When calm its mane, teeth, and tail are a soft blue, but when angry or afraid they turn a spiky red.
759* UncattyResemblance: {{Justified}}. Melog is a shapeshifter and locks into a cat shape when it joins the Best Friends Squad and specifically Catra.
760* UndyingLoyalty: Melog imprinted on Catra and follows her everywhere. Its devotion is a healthier source of the [[LoveHungry affection she craves]] that helps her to avoid depending on/leeching off of people.
761* WalkingSpoiler: It would be hard to talk about it without revealing some major Season 5 spoilers.
762[[/folder]]
763
764[[folder:Wrong Hordak (SPOILERS)]]
765!!'''Wrong Hordak, Clone of Horde Prime'''
766[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wrong_hordak_profile_picpng.png]][[caption-width-right:350:"Hello there, brothers!"]]
767!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/KestonJohn
768
769During the heroes' daring rescue of Catra from Horde Prime's mothership, one of his clones was disconnected from the HiveMind and tagged along with the group. Entrapta initially mistakes him for Hordak, leading to him being affectionately nicknamed "Wrong Hordak". As he spent time adventuring with the Best Friends Squad, Wrong Hordak grew increasingly disillusioned with the Galactic Horde, ultimately discovering his own personality and defecting to the Rebellion.
770----
771* AffablyEvil: For a ''very'' low value of "evil", as he never really does anything bad, but is still fanatically loyal to [[BigBad Horde Prime]] even while helping the rebellion (he doesn't even understand they're on opposite sides) and is too innocent and naive to experience any cognitive dissonance... [[HeelFaceTurn at first.]]
772* BadLiar: Deception doesn't come naturally to the guy. Justified, since being part of a HiveMind left him with ''no'' private thoughts or opinions to hide. It also makes him a horrible actor, especially when trying to infiltrate or deceive his fellow clones -- and that doesn't matter, because none of his "brothers" are capable of understanding that another clone ''could'' lie to them.
773* BizarreAlienPsychology: He's in extreme distress when he cannot access the hive mind. He copes by treating the Rebellion members as fellow "brothers" and obeying them as if they were Horde Prime.
774* BrokenPedestal: Horde Prime becomes one to him on Krytis. When faced with undeniable proof that Prime retreated from the planet, it shatters Wrong-Hordak's image of him as an invincible, perfect conqueror. This causes him to suffer a brief existential crisis, but he comes out of it vowing to expose the lies Prime has built himself up on to the rest of his clone-brothers and throws in with the Rebellion for real.
775* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's a good cook, a welcome assistant to Entrapta, and a competent addition to the Rebellion, despite being awkward and childlike.
776* CharacterTic: After learning the concept from Entrapta, Wrong Hordak likes to wink at any given opportunity.
777* ConservationOfNinjutsu: He is able to defend himself against several of his brothers at the same time, even when there is nothing that differentiates them from them. Potentially justified in that there's nothing in a clone's programming which anticipates being attacked by one of their own.
778* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While at first he comes off as a goofy, emotional train wreck of a fool (due to his sudden disconnection from Horde Prime's [[HiveMind neural network]]), he proves himself to be a very capable ally to the Rebellion and plays a vital role in the eventual downfall of the Galactic Horde.
779* DecompositeCharacter: He could be seen as taking several of the more comedic traits of 80's Hordak that didn't fit the Hordak we knew for the past four seasons and turning them into a new character.
780* DefectorFromDecadence: It takes him some time to fully untangle himself from Horde Prime's propaganda, but he becomes one of its most important and visible critics.
781* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Wrong Hordak is reminiscent of someone who escaped a cult or broke free from a fundamentalist upbringing, and who is going through the turmoil of deconstructing their former faith.
782* DumbIsGood: Without access to the HiveMind, Wrong Hordak is an innocent blank slate with almost no guidance or knowledge of his own. He's also helpful and supportive of the heroes.
783* EmergentHuman: Wrong Hordak's character arc involves working through an existential crisis, befriending new "brothers", finding new purpose away from the Galactic Horde, and experiencing emotions and facial expressions for the first time. He's especially fascinated by winking.
784* {{Foil}}:
785** To the ''real'' Hordak. Both were normal clones that were separated from Horde Prime's HiveMind, but the circumstances behind their separations were different. The original Hordak was deemed defective by Horde Prime and was deliberately cast from the hive, leaving him an angry, violent, and murderous man desperate to return to Horde Prime's side. Meanwhile, Wrong Hordak was accidentally separated from the hive and was taken in by the Best Friend Squad, causing him to become a sweet, helpful, and genuinely innocent person despite his origins. It's also implied that Wrong Hordak was a newer clone when he was severed from the hive, while the original was high ranking in it before he was severed. He's essentially who Hordak could have been if he'd met supportive people after arriving on Etheria and had space to deconstruct his indoctrination.
786** To the Galactic Horde clones. The other clones are cold and fanatical, while Wrong Hordak is warm, helpful, emotional, and eventually opposed to Horde Prime.
787* HeelFaceTurn: After being freed, he slowly comes to embrace his individuality and joins the Rebellion.
788* HeroicBSOD: Goes into a complete existential crisis when Horde Prime's teachings and physical, concrete evidence come into conflict.
789* IdenticalTwinIDTag: He's distinguishable from other clones thanks to his hair not being smoothly brushed back.
790* InelegantBlubbering: He sobs hysterically as he goes through an existential crisis.
791* InsistentTerminology: He calls all of his new friends "brothers", even the women, as he comes from a OneGenderRace of clones and presumably has no conception of "female".
792* {{Keet}}: He's emotional and exuberant.
793* LethalChef: Defied. He's competent, but his programming leads him towards some unusual ingredients. Like artificial amniotic fluid.
794* LiminalBeing: He is a clone of Horde Prime who is disconnected from the hive mind and free from Horde Prime's control, so he both is and isn't part of the Galactic Horde.
795* ManChild: He's naive, socially awkward, and eager to make himself useful to his new "brothers" in the Rebellion.
796* MoreThanMindControl: While he's a genuinely sweet person when he's freed of the HiveMind, he's still fanatically loyal to Horde Prime until he realizes what kind of person Prime actually is. He, after all, has known nothing but Prime's propaganda his entire life.
797* NiceGuy: In stark contrast to the original Hordak, who was a BadBoss to his allies who occasionally dipped into PetTheDog, and Horde Prime, a megalomaniacal, sociopathic tyrant, Wrong Hordak is a sweet, caring individual.
798* NeverGivenAName: The Rebellion characters refer to him as Wrong Hordak because he was mistaken for Hordak. As a clone of Horde Prime, he wouldn't normally have a name anyway.
799* ObliviouslyEvil: To the point that he's obliviously ''heroic'', remaining completely unaware that his new "brothers" are not members of the Armada. When he makes his full HeelFaceTurn, he genuinely believes he's the one telling the heroes that Prime is evil.
800* RogueDrone: One of Horde Prime's many clones who was disconnected from him and turned against him.
801* SpannerInTheWorks: He's just one of Prime's many, ''many'' disposable vessels and Prime completely fails to notice his disappearance. He also (unintentionally) leads the heroes to Melog and Krytis and (intentionally) provides the rebels with an easy disguise to infiltrate any Prime controlled territory. Without his aid, the war effort would be doomed from the start.
802* TokenHeroicOrc: He's a Galactic Horde clone who helps the Rebellion.
803* TomatoInTheMirror: As one of Horde Prime's clones connected to a HiveMind and regularly memory wiped, he knew nothing but what Horde Prime let him know. His discoveries about the universe begin to shake him as he learns more and more, and when they find a planet that Horde Prime ''failed'' to conquer, his world is shattered because he learns that Prime is ''not'' perfect and has lied to and used him his entire life.
804* UniformityException: Wrong Hordak’s hair is unrulier than his fellow clones’, letting the viewer tell him apart.
805* YesMan: He's eager to be of service to his new "brothers". He helps Glimmer prepare food, assists Entrapta in her scientific endeavors, and helps Rebellion members navigate clone-heavy enclaves.
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